Arito Shuttle

The Arito Shuttle otherwise known as the Arito Spaceplane, is a retired spaceplane used by the Vlokozuian Space Agency and EKASA from 1982 to 1998. The Arito Shuttle was part of the Vlokozuian Orbital Shuttle project and was one of two spaceplanes (the other being the Kayos Shuttle)

History
The Arito Shuttle was named after Hideo Arito who is the namesake of the Aritonesia archipelago and the Aritonazca continent. The spaceplane was constructed from 1980 to 1982 as a replacement for the Brave Capsule program from the 1970s. It and its sister spaceplane, the Kayos, were constructed at the same time however the Arito was the first one to take flight on VOS 1 mission on May 21st, 1982.

VOS Recovery
On December 6th, 1986, the sister shuttle to the Arito, the Kayos, was discovered to have significant damage to its heatshield tiles making it unable to reenter Earth's atmosphere, thus five days after the problem was discovered, the Arito was launched to recover the crew of the Kayos, the Arito was modified to support four people on board, the Arito rendezvoused with the Kayos the following day after launch, the crew of the Kayos were safely recovered and the crew returned home the following day. With only one shuttle following Kayos burning up on reentry a couple days later. Shuttle flights decreased in number ranging about only two times a year.