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<h1 id="stellaria-class-interplanetary-exploration-mothership">Stellaria-class interplanetary exploration mothership</h1>
<table class="infobox">
<caption>Stellaria-class interplanetary exploration mothership<span>Stellaria class</span></caption>
<tbody>
<tr><td><div class="image-placeholder">Stellaria-class side-view image placeholder</div><div class="thumbcaption">The Stellaria class expands central volume, life support, and propulsion capability for longer outer-planet missions.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Type</b>: Large crewed interplanetary exploration mothership</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Technical foundation</b>: Operational experience from the Xihe class</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Lead ship</b>: Stellaria (ST-01)</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Main roles</b>: Outer-planet exploration, base construction, long-duration science, and deep-space transport</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Key facilities</b>: Dual artificial-gravity rings, central expansion section, cryosleep capsules, RA-100 communications arrays</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Length</b>: 107.5 m</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Maximum diameter</b>: 25 m at the artificial-gravity habitation rings</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Long-duration crew</b>: 30</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Short-duration crew</b>: 60</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Standard payload</b>: 500 t</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Typical carried vehicles</b>: Two Echo shuttles or other compatible ferry shuttles</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Propulsion</b>: Lightspeed mass-driver engine</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Delta-v</b>: 3500 km/s standard configuration; 4500 km/s ST-01/02 early high-delta-v configuration</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Construction site</b>: Star Port Station and large orbital shipyards</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<p>The <b>Stellaria-class interplanetary exploration mothership</b> is a crewed deep-space mothership class developed after the Xihe class. It is used for long-duration interplanetary missions, outer-planet moon surveys, off-world base construction support, and large scientific expeditions. The English name of the class is <b>Stellaria</b>. The class absorbs operational experience from Xihe-class Mars, Jovian-system, and base-support missions while enlarging central volume, life support, long-duration crew capacity, and main-propulsion capability through the Lightspeed mass-driver engine.</p>
<p>The standard Stellaria design can support 30 crew for missions lasting decades and can carry 60 people in short-duration configurations. It retains the axial-spine layout, but adds dual artificial-gravity rings, a central expansion section, cryosleep capsules, larger thermal-control capacity, and stronger towing and berthing interfaces. The class does not land on planetary or moon surfaces; target-system access is handled by Echo shuttles, Amalthea multipurpose vehicles, and other carried vehicles.</p>
<p>ST-01 and ST-02 are early Stellaria-class ships using a high-delta-v, lower-payload deep-space configuration. Later standard ships emphasize larger central volume, higher payload capacity, longer life-support endurance, and greater mission redundancy. Both configurations belong to the Stellaria-class lineage, with differences in mission focus, payload allocation, and long-duration habitation capability.</p>
<p>The Stellaria class marks the expansion of deep-space motherships from interplanetary transfer platforms into multi-body expedition platforms. In addition to the main transfer phase, it provides scientific laboratories, medical capacity, sample handling, crew rotation, cryosleep support, and carried-vehicle servicing inside target systems.</p>
<nav class="toc" aria-label="Contents">
<div class="toc-title">Contents</div>
<ol>
<li><a href="#design-origin">Design origin</a></li>
<li><a href="#development-background">Development background</a></li>
<li><a href="#overall-configuration">Overall configuration</a></li>
<li><a href="#central-expansion-section">Central expansion section</a></li>
<li><a href="#propulsion-and-power">Propulsion and power</a></li>
<li><a href="#carried-vehicles-and-ferry-shuttle-tasks">Carried vehicles and ferry-shuttle tasks</a></li>
<li><a href="#construction-and-early-ships">Construction and early ships</a></li>
<li><a href="#st-01-mission-record">ST-01 mission record</a></li>
<li><a href="#mission-roles">Mission roles</a></li>
<li><a href="#operations-and-maintenance">Operations and maintenance</a></li>
<li><a href="#safety-and-mission-constraints">Safety and mission constraints</a></li>
<li><a href="#specifications">Specifications</a></li>
<li><a href="#fleet-status">Fleet status</a></li>
<li><a href="#images">Images</a></li>
<li><a href="#see-also">See also</a></li>
</ol>
</nav>
<h2 id="design-origin">Design origin</h2>
<p>The Stellaria class continues the axial modularity, artificial-gravity habitation rings, reinforced docking hubs, and propulsion-isolation truss concepts proven by the Xihe class. Xihe missions to Mars, Europa, and the Jovian system demonstrated the viability of large motherships as mobile deep-space outposts, while also revealing limits in crew capacity, payload redundancy, and sustained outer-planet operations.</p>
<p>The Stellaria design goal was to expand mission margin while keeping the reliable Xihe architecture. Major changes include dual artificial-gravity habitation rings, a larger greenhouse and closed-loop life-support system, a central expansion section, cryosleep capsules, stronger long-range communications, reinforced towing interfaces, and the Lightspeed mass-driver engine. These changes make the class more suitable for Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and multi-moon survey missions.</p>
<h2 id="development-background">Development background</h2>
<p>As Xihe-class missions became routine, Mars-base and Europa-outpost needs expanded rapidly. Early motherships could perform interplanetary transfer and base support, but outer-planet missions required larger life-support reserves, stronger radiation protection, longer autonomy, and more complex carried-vehicle coordination. Saturn-system missions, multi-target Jovian-moon campaigns, and asteroid-belt missions required a mothership that could serve as transport hub, laboratory platform, supply store, and medical backup center during one expedition.</p>
<p>The Stellaria program was driven by two major requirements: transporting larger base modules, surface vehicles, and long-duration supplies for off-world construction; and giving scientific expeditions longer autonomous operating time. Compared with Xihe, Stellaria was designed not only to arrive and return, but also to remain in a target system, visit multiple bodies, and rotate crew between cryosleep, artificial-gravity habitation, and surface work.</p>
<p>Stellaria is the English name used for the class. In the mothership naming system, the name marks the expansion from inner-Solar-System exploration toward broader deep-space operations.</p>
<h2 id="overall-configuration">Overall configuration</h2>
<p>The Stellaria class arranges its forward docking port, command center, artificial-gravity habitation modules, greenhouse module, central expansion section, truss, and propulsion module along the central axis. Compared with Xihe, the middle section is larger and contains more mission facilities, allowing one expedition to support scientific work, base construction, surface-vehicle maintenance, and cryosleep rotation at the same time.</p>
<p>The forward section includes a 5 m large docking port for Qingtian cargo vehicles, heavy base modules, and towed payloads. Side and central-expansion ports support ferry shuttles, service craft, temporary laboratories, and cargo modules. These ports are structurally reinforced for acceleration, attitude changes, and towing operations.</p>
<p>The command center inherits the Xihe flight-control arrangement and integrates navigation, communications, flight control, and dual airlocks. Dual artificial-gravity rings produce about 0.41 g at roughly 4 RPM. The greenhouse module uses hydroponics, LED lighting, and climate control for food supplementation, air regeneration, and waste cycling.</p>
<h2 id="central-expansion-section">Central expansion section</h2>
<figure class="thumb tright"><div class="image-placeholder">Central expansion section image placeholder</div><figcaption class="thumbcaption">The central expansion section provides additional laboratory, storage, cryosleep, and docking capacity.</figcaption></figure>
<p>The central expansion section consists of one central module and four side modules. It is the main structural feature distinguishing the Stellaria class from Xihe. The central module links the forward and aft ship and carries large emergency consumable stores. The four side modules contain crew cabins, scientific laboratories, docking hubs, EVA airlocks, and cryosleep capsules. A standard ship carries 40 cryosleep capsules for long-duration crew rotation, medical isolation, and emergency return-window waiting.</p>
<p>Some side modules carry observation cupolas for science and crew use; others carry RA-100-class long-range communications arrays. Each side module has multiple docking ports, including 1.875 m, 1.25 m, and some 2.5 m interfaces. Smaller aft-side 1.25 m ports are limited by the center-module geometry and are normally used by smaller craft rather than standard Amalthea vehicles.</p>
<h2 id="propulsion-and-power">Propulsion and power</h2>
<p>The main propulsion system is the Lightspeed mass-driver engine. Powered by an 80 TW-class Ark cold-fusion reactor, it accelerates reaction mass to extremely high exhaust velocity and provides far greater delta-v than the Xihe-class Perseverance system. The propulsion module also includes reaction-mass tanks, attitude-control thrusters, communications equipment, and large radiators.</p>
<p>The Lightspeed engine has standard and high-thrust modes. Standard mode provides about 4800 kN of thrust and a specific impulse of about 3,000,000 s for efficient cruise far from crewed spacecraft and planetary atmospheres. High-thrust mode provides about 7200 kN and a specific impulse of about 1,500,000 s for orbital insertion, departure, and near-body maneuvering. Both modes have strict plume-clearance rules and cannot be used in atmosphere or near crewed vehicles.</p>
<p>A standard Stellaria-class ship can provide about 3500 km/s of total delta-v with a 500 t payload. ST-01 and ST-02 use an early high-delta-v configuration with more reaction mass and lower payload, reaching about 4500 km/s with a 300 t payload. This makes the early ships well suited to fast deep-space transfers and exploration missions.</p>
<p>The high-energy reactor and engine make the propulsion module the most tightly controlled area of the ship. The truss section increases separation from crewed spaces, while radiators reject waste heat during engine burns and long cruise. Smaller backup arc reactors cannot drive the main engine, but can sustain life support, attitude control, communications, and essential thermal loads.</p>
<h2 id="carried-vehicles-and-ferry-shuttle-tasks">Carried vehicles and ferry-shuttle tasks</h2>
<p>Stellaria-class outer-planet missions commonly carry two Echo shuttles or other compatible vehicles as ferry shuttles. The mothership remains in a high-safety-margin orbit within the target system, while carried vehicles handle personnel, samples, and light cargo between the mothership, planetary surfaces, major moons, temporary platforms, and outposts. This prevents the mothership from repeatedly entering low or hazardous orbits.</p>
<p>Echo handles fast, light, reusable crew transport in the Stellaria system. In gas-giant expeditions, two Echo shuttles usually operate under mutual-backup rules: one performs descent, moon-to-moon transfer, or sample recovery while the other remains berthed or nearby. When a mission needs heavy surface equipment, engineering work, or airless-body operations, Echo can be paired with an Amalthea multipurpose vehicle.</p>
<p>Enterprise supports Stellaria-class operations mainly during construction, refit, pre-departure supply, and post-return unloading. It can transfer small modules, mission packages, engineering teams, and 25 t-class supply batches, but it is not the standard ferry shuttle carried through long outer-planet expeditions.</p>
<p>ST-01 missions also used Callisto multipurpose vehicles for Mars and Europa surface transfer. The Stellaria interface system is not tied to one vehicle type; it supports Echo, Amalthea or Callisto-type MPVs, and other compatible ferry-shuttle combinations.</p>
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<thead><tr><th>Expedition scenario</th><th>Mothership task</th><th>Carried-vehicle task</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Mars-system expansion</td><td>Transport base modules, supplies, and crew while remaining in high Mars orbit or near a moon.</td><td>Echo shuttles serve Mars, Phobos, and Deimos; Amalthea-type vehicles support heavier surface work.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Saturn-system survey</td><td>Transfer within the Saturn system and support phased moon surveys.</td><td>Echo performs crew and sample fast links while a second shuttle remains in backup.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Jovian-moon mission</td><td>Avoid high-radiation zones while providing communications, science, and life support.</td><td>Carried vehicles enter moon vicinity or surface windows, complete short operations, and return.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Deep-space emergency</td><td>Provide reception, medical care, cryosleep, and return-window waiting capacity.</td><td>Echo performs nearby rescue, crew transfer, and critical sample movement.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<h2 id="construction-and-early-ships">Construction and early ships</h2>
<p>Stellaria-class construction is based at Star Port Station and large orbital shipyards. ST-01 and ST-02 are early ships optimized for fast deep-space exploration, outer-planet mission validation, and high-delta-v transfer. Later standard ships emphasize larger payloads, greater crew redundancy, and long-duration multi-body expeditions. The difference between early and standard ships lies mainly in mission configuration, payload allocation, and long-duration habitation capacity.</p>
<p>After Star Port Station entered operation, later Stellaria-class motherships were assembled in large orbital shipyards. Standard construction usually delivered the central expansion section, command center, artificial-gravity modules, greenhouse module, truss, propulsion module, forward docking port, radiators, and fuel tanks through multiple Qingtian cargo-vehicle launches. Orbital shipyard assembly improved module size, integration accuracy, and test coverage.</p>
<p>The early configuration offered high delta-v and mission response. ST-01 could support Mars One construction, Europa outpost construction, and outer-planet surveys; ST-02 extended personnel rotation, scientific payload delivery, and deep-space exploration roles. Their missions provided operational data for later standard ships.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th>Construction batch</th><th>Main components</th><th>Assembly meaning</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Batch 1</td><td>Central expansion section and center modules</td><td>Established the core volume and cryosleep foundation of the class.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Batch 2</td><td>Command center and artificial-gravity habitation modules</td><td>Completed long-duration crew space, navigation control, and medical-support capability.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Batch 3</td><td>Greenhouse module and remaining center modules</td><td>Built long-duration life support, food supplementation, and emergency reserves.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Batch 4</td><td>Truss and propulsion module</td><td>Completed main propulsion, power, thermal control, and radiation separation.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Batch 5</td><td>Forward docking port and added command components</td><td>Established heavy towing, Qingtian docking, and carried-vehicle coordination capability.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Batch 6</td><td>Fuel tanks, radiators, and remaining propulsion hardware</td><td>Closed the propulsion system and completed whole-ship thermal acceptance.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<h2 id="st-01-mission-record">ST-01 mission record</h2>
<p>ST-01 Stellaria is the lead ship of the class. It validated high-delta-v transfer, ferry-shuttle operation, long-duration residence, and outer-planet mission support. From 2056 onward, ST-01 supported Mars One construction, Europa outpost construction, and later deep-space science missions, establishing the basic operating pattern of Stellaria-class multi-body expedition motherships.</p>
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<thead><tr><th>Time</th><th>Mission or stage</th><th>Activity</th><th>Meaning</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>2053-05-11 to 2054-04-28</td><td>Lead-ship preparation</td><td>Prepared propulsion, communications, life support, and deep-space mission systems for ST-01.</td><td>Established the lead ship's mission capability.</td></tr>
<tr><td>2056-06-02 to 2056-07-01</td><td>Mars One construction mission 2 outbound leg</td><td>Completed a 29-day Earth-to-Mars transfer, the first crewed Mars mission using a Stellaria-class mothership.</td><td>Validated fast crewed Mars transfer and mothership support procedures.</td></tr>
<tr><td>2056-07-03 to 2056-10-12</td><td>Mars surface operations and crew handoff</td><td>Supported Mars One construction, crew rotation, and surface work.</td><td>Established the mothership plus ferry shuttle plus surface base operating model.</td></tr>
<tr><td>2057-02-27 to 2057-10-01</td><td>Europa Research Outpost construction mission 1</td><td>Supported the first crewed Europa mission and six crewed mothership-surface transfers using Callisto MPV.</td><td>Validated Stellaria-class operation in the Jovian radiation and long-delay communications environment.</td></tr>
<tr><td>2058-01-05 to 2058-05-15</td><td>Low Earth orbit maintenance</td><td>Reinforced greenhouse, life-support, and artificial-gravity habitation systems.</td><td>Improved crew health and self-sufficiency for long missions.</td></tr>
<tr><td>2059-11-25 to 2060-02-10</td><td>Star Port deep-space mission preparation</td><td>Checked radiation shielding, navigation, thermal control, and docking systems at Star Port Station.</td><td>Provided a servicing template for later outer-planet missions.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<h2 id="mission-roles">Mission roles</h2>
<p>The Stellaria class is mainly used for outer-planet and multi-body crewed exploration. It can also support off-world base construction, deep-space science, mobile mission control, and heavy payload towing. Its standard 500 t payload capacity is suited to base modules, surface vehicles, long-duration supplies, scientific instruments, and major repair equipment. The early high-delta-v ST-01/02 configuration carries less payload but supports faster deep-space and long-distance science missions.</p>
<p>Within the wider fleet, Stellaria handles the main mothership transfer and long-duration platform role; Echo provides ferry-shuttle and crew fast-link service; Amalthea-type vehicles support surface engineering and airless-body operations; Enterprise supports mothership construction, refit, and supply; Vulture Block 2 and Qingtian cargo vehicles support large orbital construction and heavy logistics.</p>
<h2 id="operations-and-maintenance">Operations and maintenance</h2>
<p>Stellaria-class operations resemble those of a large orbital facility. Before departure, the mothership completes propulsion cold checks, reaction-mass loading, cryosleep testing, greenhouse-cycle confirmation, dual-ring balance testing, carried-vehicle attachment checks, and sample-isolation rehearsals at Star Port Station. During the mission, maintenance crews monitor radiator deployment, reactor output, life-support loops, communications-array pointing, and external-berth interfaces.</p>
<p>After return, maintenance is normally divided into propulsion and structure, life support, and mission payloads. Propulsion and structure work includes engine nozzles, radiators, trusses, and towing interfaces. Life-support work includes the greenhouse, air regeneration, water processing, and cryosleep systems. Mission-payload work includes sample handling, surface-vehicle cleaning, communications-array replacement, and scientific-instrument calibration.</p>
<p>Because Stellaria missions are long, the maintenance concept emphasizes repairability during flight. Central side modules store EVA equipment, spare parts, tools, and replaceable experiment packages. Cryosleep capsules can reduce short-term consumption during medical events, transfer-window delays, or elevated life-support loads. Carried vehicles can perform external inspection, towing, and close-range rescue.</p>
<h2 id="safety-and-mission-constraints">Safety and mission constraints</h2>
<p>The most important Stellaria-class safety constraints involve the Lightspeed engine plume, reactor power, long-cycle life support, and externally berthed vehicles. The main engine may not be used in atmosphere, near crewed spacecraft, or in uncleared orbital construction zones. Standard mode is used for cruise far from bodies; high-thrust mode is used for near-body maneuvers, but both require strict plume-clearance and attitude-lock procedures.</p>
<p>Ferry-shuttle operations are also tightly controlled. Echo or other ferry shuttles must complete propellant, thermal-control, communications, and docking-interface checks before departing the mothership. For return, the mothership must provide a stable attitude, docking window, and emergency capture plan. Gas-giant missions must account for radiation belts, complex moon orbits, communications delay, and overlapping target windows.</p>
<p>Long-duration life-support risk is controlled through layered redundancy: greenhouse food and gas cycling, closed-loop air and water processing, main storage and central-expansion consumables, and cryosleep capacity for long waiting periods. If the main reactor cannot drive the engine, backup reactors can still sustain survival loads, attitude control, and communications while rescue or low-energy return options are evaluated.</p>
<h2 id="specifications">Specifications</h2>
<table>
<thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>Value</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Type</td><td>Large crewed interplanetary exploration mothership</td></tr>
<tr><td>Configuration</td><td>Axial-spine layout with central expansion section and dual artificial-gravity rings</td></tr>
<tr><td>Length</td><td>107.5 m</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maximum diameter</td><td>25 m at the artificial-gravity rings</td></tr>
<tr><td>Propulsion</td><td>Lightspeed mass-driver engine</td></tr>
<tr><td>Main reactor</td><td>Ark cold-fusion reactor, about 80 TW output class</td></tr>
<tr><td>Thrust</td><td>4800 kN standard mode; 7200 kN high-thrust mode</td></tr>
<tr><td>Specific impulse</td><td>3,000,000 s standard mode; 1,500,000 s high-thrust mode</td></tr>
<tr><td>Standard delta-v</td><td>About 3500 km/s with 500 t payload</td></tr>
<tr><td>Early high-delta-v configuration</td><td>About 4500 km/s for ST-01/02 with 300 t payload</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reaction mass</td><td>117.8 t standard configuration; 196.3 t ST-01/02 early high-delta-v configuration</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dry mass</td><td>About 537 t</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maximum mass</td><td>About 1037 t with 500 t payload</td></tr>
<tr><td>Long-duration crew</td><td>30</td></tr>
<tr><td>Short-duration crew</td><td>60</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cryosleep capsules</td><td>40</td></tr>
<tr><td>Greenhouse support</td><td>30 crew long-duration mission, designed for decade-class endurance</td></tr>
<tr><td>Towing capacity</td><td>About 300 t at the forward port; about 100 t class at lateral ports</td></tr>
<tr><td>Carried vehicles</td><td>Typically two Echo shuttles, or an Echo plus Amalthea-type compatible vehicle mix</td></tr>
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<h2 id="fleet-status">Fleet status</h2>
<table>
<thead><tr><th>Ship</th><th>Identifier</th><th>Status</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Stellaria</td><td>ST-01</td><td>In service / upgrading</td><td>Lead ship using the early high-delta-v configuration; supported Mars One construction, Europa outpost missions, and Saturn-system science.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Second early ship</td><td>ST-02</td><td>In service</td><td>Early ship assigned to Europa outpost crew rotation and Venus-probe support, with return servicing planned.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Unnamed ship</td><td>ST-03</td><td>Planned</td><td>First standard Stellaria-class ship planned for Jovian-moon exploration and asteroid-belt research.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<h2 id="images">Images</h2>
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<figure class="gallery-item"><div class="image-placeholder">Stellaria-class full side-view image placeholder</div><figcaption class="thumbcaption">107.5 m overall configuration, dual artificial-gravity rings, and propulsion-module proportions.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="gallery-item"><div class="image-placeholder">Central expansion section image placeholder</div><figcaption class="thumbcaption">Four side modules, cryosleep capsules, observation cupolas, and communications arrays.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="gallery-item"><div class="image-placeholder">Lightspeed engine and radiators image placeholder</div><figcaption class="thumbcaption">High-energy mass-driver propulsion, truss separation, and large radiator arrays.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="gallery-item"><div class="image-placeholder">Two Echo shuttles externally berthed image placeholder</div><figcaption class="thumbcaption">Expedition configuration with two carried ferry shuttles.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="gallery-item"><div class="image-placeholder">Europa outpost ferry mission image placeholder</div><figcaption class="thumbcaption">Mothership-to-surface vehicle operations during ST-01 Europa missions.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="gallery-item"><div class="image-placeholder">Star Port deep-space preparation image placeholder</div><figcaption class="thumbcaption">Maintenance and servicing before or after outer-planet missions.</figcaption></figure>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li><a href="/home/Exploration_Motherships/Xihe">Xihe-class interplanetary exploration mothership</a></li>
<li><a href="/home/Exploration_Motherships/Xihe/XH-01">Xihe (XH-01)</a></li>
<li><a href="/home/Space_Shuttles/Echo_Shuttle">Echo Shuttle</a></li>
<li><a href="/home/Space_Shuttles/Enterprise_Shuttle">Enterprise Shuttle</a></li>
<li><a href="/home/Vehicles/Amalthea">Amalthea multipurpose vehicle</a></li>
<li><a href="/home/Cargo_Ships/Qingtian">Qingtian cargo vehicle</a></li>
<li><a href="/home/Stations/Star_Port_Station">Star Port Station</a></li>
<li><a href="/home/Engines/Lightspeed_Engine">Lightspeed engine</a></li>
<li><a href="/home/Bases/Mars_One">Mars One Base</a></li>
<li><a href="/home/Bases/Europa_Research_Outpost">Europa Research Outpost</a></li>
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