I love that shuttle II art.
Something similar made it into Iron Man
https://screenrant.com/iron-man-coolest-armor-transformers-optimus-prime/ scroll down
Gundam even seems to have used Bono's approach
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H.L.L.V.
The Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle[1], or HLV/ HLLV, is a Karaba's Earth-Space transport vehicle introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. An alternate version of the Zeon's HLV deployed in the One Year War, the HLLV was developed as a transport vehicle for vertical atmospheric launch from...gundam.fandom.com
I seem to remember a huge vehicle that looked like a giant Energiya/Buran deal--- a lot like the B2 ASLV but exaggerated even more in favor of the booster---below (far left)
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From Dwayne's page here:
Gundam may have copied that G.I. Joe episode that had F-14s into space.
Shuttles have made it into SF quite a few times:
--But the shuttle from the latest Iron Man looks the most plausible

Looked familiar
Randy