Hermes, 1987: concept for a European manned spaceplane

Hermes, 1987: Hermes was to have been part of a manned spaceflight programme providing independent European manned access to space. Designed to take three astronauts to orbits of up to 800 km altitude on missions of 30 to 90 days, the Hermes spaceplane would have been launched using the Ariane 5 rocket.