49th Apollo 11 Anniversary - Flight to the Mun : Day 3

[purpleivan]

To celebrate the 49th aniversary of the launch of a certain other species, first trip to their moon, the KSC decided to launch a mission of their own.

This began with 4 brave adventurers hurtling skyward this morning, towards a rendevous with the Mun in 3 days... or is it hours.... er, sometime in the future. However only 3 will venture to the surface as Bill is getting a little tired of the trips up their and decided to sit this one out in orbit.

Due to a lack of proper timekeeping (it's a bit thing amongst kerbals) the mission was launched 2 days late, so is not quite in sync with the other species' flight.

 

Day 1 - Launch

Here are the broadcast highlights from todays launch and transmunar injection.

The communication engineers at the KSC promise that further transmission will be of higher quality, once they remove the crows nesting in the main dish.

 

Day 2 - Mid Way Out

TV coverage of the mission as the crew reach the midway point on their way to the Mun.

 

Coverage of the flight continues tomorrow, when the 49'er is scheduled to enter Mun orbit.

 

Edited July 23, 2018 by purpleivan

[purpleivan]

New video showing the events of Day 3.