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It was developed in the 1980s to transport the Buran space shuttle between facilities in the former Soviet Union. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the AN-225 found new life as a heavy-duty ...

Antonov An-225 Mriya: The World’s Largest Aircraft Was Destroyed in Failed Russian Raid In the early stages of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin mounted an ...

If you're an aviation fan, you've probably heard of the Antonov ... the An-225. However, the Soviets needed something bigger to carry its Buran spacecraft, the USSR's fledgling space shuttle ...

The Antonov An-225 was a strategic airlift cargo aircraft that retained ... especially given the size and aerodynamics of the Buran. Atlantis atop Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA after being repainted ...

was developed to be transportation for the Buran shuttle orbiter and components of the Energiya carrier rocket and also expected to be used as a flying space launching site in the reusable aerospace ...

The Antonov An-124 Ruslan was ... The An-124 was actually the precursor to the An-225, which was built at the request of the USSR to carry its Busan Space Shuttle. A quick turnaround time required ...

The 747 was the workhorse of the skies for decades, ferrying people around the planet, but also being used for cargo, including transporting a Space Shuttle ... carrier based in Kyiv. Antonov ...

The sheared nose cone of the Antonov An-225 cargo plane towers over Yevhen ... the longest wingspan of any active carrier; six turbo fan engines with more than 50,000 pounds of thrust each ...