Kexploration Missions 2 and more
Done in pursuit of Doing It Orion Style:
My three intrepid explorers, preparing for the first crewed launch of the glorious SLS!
Pad view.
Since this is the first crewed test, I'm starting with a little pad abort...
All clear so far...
Fairing and LES jettison.
Drogues out...
Popped the mains.
Success!
Reverted to the pad. SSME ignition!
SRBs ignited; up, up and away.
Nearing Max-Q, and
Finally, here's Exploration Mission 5!
Very little direction on what constituted an "airlock" so I just did a service bay and a cupola with ports on each side. The module has no fuel or thrusters of its own.
Liftoff!
Used a much more shallow ascent on this mission, just to see how it would work.
Burnout from underneath.
Super cool shot of the SRB sep!
Was somewhat worried that the super-shallow ascent might be more than the LES tower co
