Hi! Welcome to the forums! I'll try to answer your questions one by one. 1: You can try placing radial parachutes around the LES, then placing a small truss so you can place a docking port on top of it? 2: You can try not adding reaction wheels/SAS onto your craft, and you can disable them too. Just right click the capsule and click on the button that says something about the reaction wheels. 3: I don't think that's possible, you could try placing the endpoints where you think it will look straight. 4: You can use the symmetrical button, the checkered circle next to the align to grid button. (Press X) 5: You can set action groups to them by clicking the button next to the crew button. Action(1,2, until 0) means number 1-0 on your keyboard. 6: Which burn? Also, to increase your orbit or to decrease it, you can burn prograde and retrograde respectively. I recommend burning at your apoapsis/periapsis for such maneuvers. If you think my post helped, feel free to click the star shaped button next to the blog this post button. Happy launching!