Shuttles

Shuttles are a type of vehicle in Astroneer. They allow the player to travel to different Planets within the Astroneer solar system. There are three different sizes of Shuttle which the player can create:

Notes:
 * One Tier-2 Attachment Slot is needed to attach a thruster to any of the shuttles.
 * If you use two on a, you can expand the capacity to a total of Tier-2 Attachment Slots x10.

Uses

 * Travel to other Planets
 * Travel to other landing zones on the same planet
 * Provides Oxygen and a minimal amount of Power to players in range, and to tethers with an Oxygenator connected

Space Flight
Shuttles need to have either a or a  with  to be able to launch and fly to other planets. To use the thrusters they need enough fuel to be able to travel.

Fuel is used for the following:
 * Taking off from a planet
 * Travelling to another planet

Landing on a planet is free, and requires no fuel.

Solid-Fuel Thrusters have 4 uses, and will break on the fourth use. This will be enough to travel to a single planet and back (2 takeoffs, 2 travels).

Hydrazine Thrusters have up to 24 uses, requiring the use of in one of the 3 fuel slots. Each canister of Hydrazine gives 8 uses. A full load of Hydrazine therefor is enough for 6 return trips (6*4 = 24).

To enter the shuttle, press the Use key (default )

To take off, press one of the context keys ( or by default). Pressing Context Left (default ) will launch the shuttle into orbit of the planet, allowing the player to land on one of the available Landing Zones. Pressing Context Right, or Context Left while already in orbit of the planet, will launch the shuttle directly into the the solar system view.


 * Note that both options will use the same amount of fuel, as transitioning from the orbit view to the solar system view requires no fuel.

Clicking on another planet will then launch the player to that planet and show the orbit view.

Players on console will need to activate the cursor in order to select a landing zone or planet to travel to.