ESA's Hermes spaceplane and expendable service module. This was one of the more significant European efforts towards a crewed spacecraft, and drove many of the design decisions for the Ariane 5 rocket developed concurrently. It was primarily intended to service the Man-Tended Free Flyer platform, also to have been built by ESA in the 1990s, but later plans changed to support the NASA-led Space Station Freedom (which subsequently became the International Space Station)

Several Hermes design iterations were performed, this model is based on the configuration towards the end of the program, shortly before its cancelation.

All materials and textures are packed into the .blend file. Unapplied modifiers and instancing have been used to reduce file size and enable easy editing. A zip file of textures is also included

Recommended for use with my Ariane 5 model https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/vehicle/sci-fi/ariane-5-eca-rocket

Changelog:

July 25 2021: Initial upload

May 27 2023: Complete remodel. More accurate proportions, better texturing, more details

Oct 25 2023: Update for Blender 3.6, adjust proportions, add body flap