Antonov An-225 Mriya

The Antonov An-225 Mriya was a Soviet Aircraft, and the largest airplane by weight in the world. It needed 6 engines because it was very large. It was made by a company called Antonov. The Mriya was designed to carry the Russian Shuttle, Space Shuttle Buran. The Buran only flew once, and was successful. However, the funding of Buran was insufficient, and the project quickly ended. The remaining plane, registration UR-82060, was used to carry very large items that were not efficient to carry by train.

Antonov An-225 Mriya
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The An-225 in its old livery, Circa. 2012
Role	Buran Carrier, Cargo Transport
National origin	Soviet Union
Design group	Antonov
Built by	Antonov Serial Production Plant
First flight	21 December 1988
Retired	February 5th, 2022
Status	Destroyed
Primary user	Antonov Airlines
Produced	1985
Number built	2, one as UR-82060, the other, uncompleted.
Unit cost	250 Million USD- 300 Million USD
Developed from	Antonov An-124

File:Antonov 225 passing over Birmingham - 2020-08-02 - Andy Mabbett - 04 (cropped).jpg

The An-225 leaves six vapour trails. That is one for each engine.

The company ownership changed because of the collapse of the Soviet Union. The ownership of Antonov changed to the country of Ukraine, and all assets were taken to Kyiv. It was modelled from the Antonov An-124 Ruslan. This plane was big enough to carry a Boeing 747's fuselage. During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the last aircraft, UR-82060, was destroyed in the hangar of the airport of the Antonov Serial Production Plant in Ukraine.

Antonov An-225 Mriya Media

• Antonov An-225 with Soviet space shuttle Buran on top.jpeg

  The An-225 carrying Buran (1.01) in 1989

• Antonov An-225 with Buran at Le Bourget 1989 Manteufel.jpg

  Antonov An-225 with Buran at Le Bourget, 1989, Manteufel

• Antonov An-225 at Farnborough 1990 airshow (2).jpg

  The An-225 at Farnborough in 1990

• ILA 2018, Schönefeld (1X7A5450).jpg

  Three of six Ivchenko Progress D-18T turbofan engines on the An-225

• Antonov-225 main landing gear 2.jpg

  The An-225's main landing gear

• Antonov An-225 Mriya (14226410137).jpg

  The nose gear of the An-225

• Antonov An-225 landing at Gostomel Airport.jpeg

  The Antonov Airlines An-225 landing at Hostomel Airport, 2014

• UR-82060@TSN (20200426125031).jpg

  An-225 at Tianjin Binhai International Airport

• 50 днів активного спротиву окупанту 02.jpg

  Wreckage of the An-225 Mriya from the front, after its destruction during the Battle of Antonov Airport

• Antonov Airport after Russian invasion of Ukraine and Mriya.jpg

  Remains of the Antonov An-225 Mriya

• Mriya departing Gostomel for trip to Perth.ogv

  The Antonov An-225 Mriya taking off at Hostomel Airport

Other websites

• Official website
• An-225 - buran-energia.com
• Payloads