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First Successful Spaceplane Mission


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I finally managed to get a plane into space that had enough dV left to actually perform something meaningful in orbit.

After construction of a space station in LKO Jeb and Bill have finished their long-term orbital habitat experiment (which is a nicer way to say that I simply forgot them there), I decided to find more efficient means for a return mission, which meant to build something, I have never used before: A spaceplane. After lots of designing, crashing, reverting, re-designing, crashing again and watching some Scott Manley videos on youtube, Ferly Kerman finally managed to rendez-vous with the KSS (I wonder if there is anyone here who has never named a Space Station KSS...) and safely return the crew to Kerbin (even if on the exact opposite side of Kerbin from KSC). Overall, a successful mission.

It's amazing how this game still offers new challenges even after a fairly long time. The sense of accomplishment after the plane came to a halt came close to my first successful orbit and return when I started the game with 0.25. 

Here's the craft:

 

Happy Landings!

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