Technology

In the first half of the 19th century, intensive attempts were made to obtain more efficient and cheaper fuel than the various types of oil and their mixtures used to date.

Naphtha, one of the lighter (0.78-0.81 g/cm3) fractions of petroleum, is almost as old as medicine.

The Three Gorges Dam causes a delay in the rotation of Earth.

The history of the Internet dates back to the late 1960s.

Luggage racks are being designed that will be hooked up in place of the Buran shuttle’s hitches.

During a flight held on 22nd March 1989, An-225 Mriya set 106 world records.

The range of a fully fueled aircraft is 15.400 kilometers with an empty payload.

The aircraft was destroyed by Russian aggressors in February 2022.

The most produced type of steel is carbon steel. It is made of carbon and iron and accounts for about 90% of the world's steel production.

The design basis for the An-225 was the An-124 Ruslan aircraft.