The Antonov AN-225 “Mriya” was more than just an aircraft – it was a moving monument to human engineering. With six massive engines, a wingspan wider than a football field, and the ability to carry ...

The world’s largest airplane, the Antonov An225 Mriya, was born in the Soviet Union in 1988. It measured 275 feet long and weighed nearly 420,000 pounds, designed to piggyback the USSR’s Buran ...

Previously, the An-225 had been used to move exceptionally large cargo with its 290-foot wingspan and was originally built to transport Soviet-era space shuttles, according to Space.com.

The world’s largest plane, the Antonov AN-225, has been destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials, generating alarm and sadness among the aviation world ...

Antonov officials say another An-225 was partially built — but abandoned in the 1990s because of a lack of funds. The current plan is to use what they already have as the basis for a new plane.

Major Antonov provided a tour of what's left of Hostomel Airport and the planes that are parked there. The An-225 makes its appearance at about 18 minutes in. АЭРОПОРТ ГОСТОМЕЛЬ.

The Antonov An-225 Mriya, destroyed in the Russia-Ukraine war, may be rebuilt for around $500 million. Plans to rebuild the aircraft resurfaced after initial delays; no confirmed specifics yet.

The Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world’s largest cargo plane, destroyed in the Battle of Antonov Airport during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, stays in a ruined hangar in Hostomel, Kyiv ...

In mankind’s perpetual obsession with the idea that bigger is better, the Soviet Union was tops. Case in point: the AN-225 Mryia, the world’s biggest cargo jet.

The Mriya was originally built by Kyiv-based Antonov in 1988 for the Soviet Union, as a means of transporting the Buran, the USSR’s space shuttle, much the same way that a modified Boeing 747 ...

The Antonov AN-225, which was destroyed in the early stages of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, will be rebuilt to the tune of $500 million, its manufacturer has announced.