Technology

Mriya was flown on 21st December 1988.

The aircraft has a cruising speed of 800 km/h, a minimum speed of 250 km/h, and a maximum speed of 850 km/h.

An-225 Mriya is the second-largest aircraft constructed to date.

The World Health Organization considers kerosene a polluting fuel and recommends that "governments and medical practitioners immediately stop promoting its use in the household."

Mangalloy is an alloy steel containing 11 to 15% manganese.

The idea of building a dam on the Yangtze River arose in 1918.

The first attempt to use kerosene for lighting ended almost tragically. Łukasiewicz used an oil lamp that was not adapted to the new fuel, and the lamp exploded.

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

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

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