Medium Shuttle

The Shuttle is a Vehicle in Astroneer, and is capable of escaping a planet's orbit and safely landing on it. It is fueled by Hydrazine and used to travel rapidly across a world or to other Planets.

A Shuttle base has two Tier-2 mounts on top and two Tier-1 mounts underneath which are also used to load Hydrazine canisters into the ship's built-in fuel tank. It also has a Base Extension Port which can be used to found a new base.

Shuttles are light enough to be pushed from their landing places by strong storms.


 * Currently building a Shuttle leaves your Vehicle Bay in a state where it can only interact with the Shuttle. Unless you are playing multiplayer where one person can move the Shuttle to space you will want to build your Rover and Trucks first. If you are in multiplayer then landing a Shuttle on another vehicle will cause the vehicle to disappear underground and will appear in the closest cave normally.

[This glitch can be avoided by constructing 2 Vehicle Bays. Verified in Single Player v.10131]

Usage
The Shuttle requires an Enclosed 1-Seat or Dropship to be attached and fueled with Hydrazine to take off.

The Shuttle consumes 5 Hydrazine canisters to completely fill its tank, providing 10 'charges'. Taking off, landing, or travelling between planets consumes 1 "Charge". Pressing the 'Take Off' button while in orbit opens a view of the System, allowing you to orbit and land on planets within the Shuttle's range. Some planets may be out of it's range, but will eventually enter it's operational range as they orbit.

If the Shuttle only has 1 charge remaining and is in orbit of a planet, it will only allow you to land on the planet you are currently orbiting. If the Shuttle has no charges remaining, it will be able to land for free.

Attachments
The Vehicle Bay additions (which are permanent) that can be built onto the Shuttle are:
 * Enclosed 1-Seat (an enclosed version of a seat that occupies half the shuttle)
 * Crane (virtually useless; occupies all ports in the Shuttle, leaving no space for a seat, rendering it unable to take off)
 * Large Storage (takes up the entire shuttle space, but sitting in an Enclosed 1-Seat attached to it will allow you to take off)

Fabricated Parts that can be attached to a Shuttle include:
 * Medium Battery
 * Solar Panel
 * Medium Wind Turbine
 * Medium Storage
 * Winch
 * Seat

Other Uses

 * A Shuttle has a base extension port that can be used to found a new base where it lands without the need for a Dropship.
 * Similarly land vehicles, Shuttles provide unlimited Oxygen to players tethered to them. If Power storage modules (such as Batteries) and/or power generation modules are mounted on the shuttle, it will also provide power to tethered players.

Tips

 * Attaching a habitat with an Enclosed 1-Seat will still leave you with two small mount points on the back of a Habitat can be used to mount additional Modules or Resources.
 * You can expand a node directly off the shuttle if you have a Dropship as a seat.
 * Do  NOT  take off with less than 3 "Charges", as you will be marooned once you land and may find yourself having to delete the save file. If you want to destroy it, blow it up using Dynamite.

Media
Shuttle Navette シャトル