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On This Day In 1989 The Antonov An-225 Carried The Buran Spacecraft Inflight For The ...
Simple Flying 12 May 2024
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The Most Unusual Aircraft to Ever Take to the Skies
War History Online 27 Sep 2023
... the Tu-144’s use as a passenger aircraft short-lived, it was later adopted by NASA for supersonic research and the Soviet space program to train pilots tasked with flying the Buran spacecraft.
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The world's largest airplane was destroyed by Russia — and Ukraine estimates it will cost ...
Business Insider 25 Sep 2023
... in Ukrainian, was built during Soviet rule by the Kyiv-based Antonov Company for the purpose of carrying the USSR's Buran spacecraft — just as the Boeing 747 did in US with NASA's Space Shuttle.
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The giant Antonov An-225 plane was destroyed in Russia’s invasion. But Ukraine says it will ...
CNN 07 Apr 2023
The sheared nose cone of the Antonov An-225 cargo plane towers over Yevhen Bashynsky ... Destroyed plane, destroyed hangars ... It was designed to carry the Buran spacecraft – the Soviet Union’s answer to NASA’s Space Shuttle – on its back.
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Ukraine says it's going to rebuild the world's biggest cargo plane, months after Russia destroyed ...
Business Insider 10 Nov 2022
The world's biggest cargo plane of Ukraine Antonov An-225 Mriya landed at Istanbul Airport on October 5, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey ... It was built to transport the Soviet spacecraft Buran before being used to charter international cargo flights ... ....
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China’s Second Spaceplane Launch Solidifies Its Near-peer Status with America
GlobalResearch 11 Aug 2022
The Reusable Experimental Spacecraft itself is known to have its own propulsion, much like the Russian 1980s Buran spaceplane, however, it is not entirely clear what kind of thrust it uses and how the spacecraft can raise its orbit.
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Destruction of world’s largest aircraft, a beloved symbol for Ukraine, has stirred outpouring of grief
Indian Express 23 Apr 2022
Written by Jeffrey Gettleman ... From where he was standing, the pilot, Oleksandr Halunenko, could see the explosions and feel the shudders ... Mriya. The plane ... Engineers designed a reusable spacecraft called the Buran that looked like the U.S. space shuttle ... .
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World’s largest plane destroyed in Ukraine
Egypt Independent 02 Mar 2022
“Russia may have destroyed our ‘Mriya’ ... We shall prevail!” wrote Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Twitter ... The cargo in question was the Buran spacecraft, the Soviet Union’s answer to NASA’s Space Shuttle.
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The world's largest cargo plane was reported destroyed in Ukraine. See the full history of ...
Business Insider 28 Feb 2022
The oversized plane was first commissioned by the Soviet Union to transport the communist state's newest spacecraft, the Buran Space Shuttle.An Antonov An-225 Mriya ... The Buran program was aimed at ...
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