MassiveEntropy

So, as of today, and relaunched my satellite to orbit at 600km (601,180m Pe and 601,494 AP) and now i'm looking towards doing a space station, likely to mimic the ISS. I'm likely to use the stock space station core, cause it looks like it was designed very well, and i'm planning on 3 more flights to dock, two for just solar panels and another one for living quarters. Any suggestions on how to make the externals? Like, I know I need couplings and a unmanned probe thing, it's just I don't know exactly what to put on it.

I've had this game for about two days now, and i'm in love. But I also hate it, haha. Thing's I've accomplished: 1. Crashed. 2. Forgot to throttle up before take off. 3. Made my own craft that continually fails. 4. Made it to the moon; crashed. 5. Put a satellite in orbit at 150km. However, the satellite and moon were other peoples designs, and I feel like I could make my own, but I continually make mistakes I don't know i'm committing. Either way, this is a great game. Maybe someone could help me out by making a checklist of essential things for each flight? My next project will be making a space station!