Antonov

Aircraft

Only example of world's largest aircraft destroyed in Ukraine fighting

The world's largest aircraft, the Antonov An-225 Mriya (NATO name Cossack), has been confirmed to be destroyed in the fighting in Ukraine, according to Ukraine Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba and satellite images posted on the internet.

Artist's impression of the Sentinel-2A satellite in orbit (Image: ESA/ATG medialab)

Space

ESA's Sentinel-2A satellite arrives in French Guiana ahead of launch

ESA's Sentinel-2A satellite has arrived safely in French Guiana, ahead of its June 12 launch atop a Vega rocket. It was carried in the belly of an enormous Russian-made Antonov cargo plane, and protected within a specially-constructed air conditioned habitat.

Soyuz TMA-14M in the final stages of its descent (Photo: NASA, Bill Ingalis)

Space

Expedition 42 astronauts touch down in Kazakhstan

NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova have safely touched down in Kazakhstan, with the landing heralding the end of a 167-day mission to the International Space Station.