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Hello guys, how are you doing? I have started playing KSP two days ago and I can't express how much I am enjoying the game, not only the successful missions but the unsucessful ones aswell, in which I learn the most. At the moment I have put 2 rockets into orbit. Everything went fine with the first one, it landed perfectly (didn't explode lol). However, I am having a problem with reentering my second mission. The thing that differs the 2nd from the 1st is that the second one has a MK1 Crew Cabin for tourists. In the screenshots i've taken is possible to see my current orbit, fuel situation and the rocket itself. Problem: Once I lower the Periapsis to ~37km, I use the decoupler and wait for the reentry, always aiming retrograde. During the first moments everything runs ok. Though, in the middle of the process, the rocket starts to aim prograde, even with SAS on, pointing the aerodynamic part to the planet, screwing the braking which cause me to hardland and blow everything up. As you can see in the screenshots, I installed some wings in the rocket predicting unstable condictions during reentry due to the lenght of the last stage. However, I didnt expect it to be so tough and the wings to overheat during the process. I have already tried to not decouple and instead try to burn retrograde during the entry, but the engines tend to overheat. What do you people suggest me to try? Thanks for the help! SCREENSHOTS: (I don't know why, but the "Insert other media" isn't working.) http://imgur.com/Uf2VhLh http://imgur.com/CG83mem http://imgur.com/FoXZ4yN [Edited by Snark to provide inline images]