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]

[This glitch can also be avoided by detaching the Vehicle Bay and moving it to a different place. Verified in Single Player v.0.10.2.0 aka The Crafting Update]

Usage
The Shuttle requires an Shuttle Seat to be attached to it directly (not on a Large Storage) and needs to be 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 its range, but will eventually enter its 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:
 * Shuttle Seat
 * Crane (virtually useless; occupies all ports in the Shuttle, leaving no space for a seat, rendering it unable to take off)
 * Large Storage (the shuttle will not be able to take off afterwards!)

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.

Media
Shuttle Navette シャトル