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Gemini-Titan. Still needs more dV for orbit.

Apologies for the delays. I procrastinate heavily. Anyways, for today's part- Luna 1 and 2 Luna 1 was the first probe to go into heliocentric orbit. It was intended to be the first lunar impactor probe, but a timing error in it's upper stage burn caused it to miss the Moon by 6000km. It was renamed Mechta ("dream") after being dubbed as a "new planet" by Soviet press for having achieved heliocentric orbit. Luna 2 was the first successful lunar impact mission, being essentially a repeat flight of Luna 1. It carried a Soviet coat of arms onto the surface. Mission highlights Mission album: http://imgur.com/gallery/s99ut

Yes those are kickback SRBs bunched up together. It could get to orbit in 1.1.3 but for some reason I can't get it to orbit in 1.2. Most likely it's my piloting though.

Here's my stock SLS. 600 parts, 5m core and bigger-than-2m-Orion capsule.

Trying my hand at an Apollo style MEM.

Here's what I have so far. 2 rovers, and ~50 tons, 100-ish parts per lander. Also about that Pico Constellation, I decided to work on it again.

Looking good! I'd personally try to keep it "bone stock" and build it without, but each to their own. How many crew per Orion are you going to fly?

It's not quite as small as the pico one I did a while back, considering the lander is still 3m wide, but I'm going for a crew of 5.

Hmm, I made the command pod over 2m because I originally made it for an Kerbal scale SLS that I made which was 5m wide, so I oversized it to fit with it. The fairing is actually from the LES that I ejected, and yeah, the Ares I that I made to go with it looks like crap because of the fairings. Because if I go 100% full Kerbal scale for the entire Constellation I will either go nuts or my computer will melt, I'm considering making a smaller, more Kerbalized ConstellDuna pack.

It's delta v is fine with around 1500 dV, but it's 25 tons so sticking it atop a DTV will reduce the dV of the DTV. Also it's going to wobble around when the DTV's engines are on.

115 parts and ~25 tons, I don't know if this is capable of being transported to Duna by DTV.

Explorer 1 The first successful US satellite launch. Von Braun was given permission to attempt an orbital flight after the dismal failure of the Navy's Vanguard rocket, in time for the International Geophysical Year.It's launch vehicle was a Juno-I rocket, with a Redstone missile derived first stage, and JPL built Baby Sergeant solid fueled rockets as the upper stage. The rocket was built by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and modified to carry a satellite into orbit. The satellite, built by William Pickering and the fine folks a JPL, was attached to the fourth stage, a single Baby Sergeant rocket. It carried a radiation detectors, temperature sensors, and a micrometeorite detector, all miniaturized to fit inside the limited space provided by the satellite. Explorer 1's batteries ran down 105 days after launch, and reentered 12 years later on March 31 1970. One of it's main discoveries was the Van Allen radiation belt around Earth, detected when unusual cosmic ray count data was collected, leading scientists to conclude that there was a radiation Without further ado, the KSP recreation! My Explorer 1 is actually just a piece of debris with no control, but even the smallest probe cores are too damn big for it's size. Explorer 1 launches from Kennedy Space Center at February 1, 1958, 03:48 UTC. Separation from the lower Redstone stage. Upper stage 11 Baby Sergeant motors fire. I used sepatrons to represent the Sergeants here. 3 Sergeants are in the third stage, further pushing it to orbit. The final Sergeant rocket provides a final apoapsis kick, pushing Explorer into a slightly wonky orbit around Kerbin. Explorer 1 is a resounding success, proving the Americans are capable of taking a satellite into orbit, as well as discovering the Van Allen belts, which would prove to be important to future space missions going past LEO. 4 more Juno-I Explorer flights were made, with 2 of them being failures. Next episode- Laika and Sputnik 2

Azimech what FPS do you get with your glorious monster sized creations? I can't go over 900 part ships without getting unplayable lag.

Welcome to the Kerbal Historical series! Flights in chronological order- 1957- Sputnik 1 1957- Sputnik 2 1958- Explorer 1 1958- Vanguard 1 1958- SCORE Flights in posting order- 1957 Sputnik 1 Sputnik 1 First man-made satellite in orbit, it was launched with a modified R-7 Semayorka rocket from Baikonur Kosmodrome in what is now Ukraine. It was simple in design, being a small 23 inch diameter sphere with 4 radio antennas attached to the side, transmitting a now-iconic ' beep-beep-beep-' signal. It orbited for 92 days, burning up in the atmosphere on 4 January 1958. The satellite was designed by Sergei Korolev and the scientists at OKB-1 design bureau. It was originally intended to be a more complex satellite given the name Object D, with scientific instruments onboard, including instruments used for detecting solar wind, magnetic fields and cosmic rays. The Soviet leadership ultimately chose to launch the much simpler Sputnik 1 due to shortcomings in the R-7's launch capacity and time constraints as there was pressure to launch a satellite before the Americans, who had announced that they would launch a satellite in time for the 1957 International Geophysical Year. Object D was later launched as Sputnik 3. It was mostly a propaganda victory over the Americans, but it was used for some scientific purpose despite not being equipped with scientific equipment, as the density of the upper atmosphere in which it orbited could be determined by measuring the satellite's orbit through it's beeps. Without further ado, my KSP recreation. It consists of ~400-500 parts including launch pad, which takes up most of the part count. Gets to orbit with some fuel left. The four launch clamps slide away from the rocket and Sputnik 1 launches from Baikonur LC-1 launch pad at 4 October 1957, 19:28:34 UTC. The boosters separate in formation, frequently known as the Korolev Cross, and the core stage continues to orbit. The fairing for Sputnik 1 actually separated the moment Sputnik was released from the core stage, but I forgot to do this. Sputnik goes into orbit transmitting the 'beep-beep-beep' signal over the world, or at least the parts which it orbited over, galvanizing the Americans and truly starting off the Space Race. Next Episode- Explorer 1, America's first successful foray into orbit. Planned- Explorer program, Vanguard program, SCORE

For those of you who are wondering what I have been doing exactly (Hi Majorjim)I've been doing stuff.

I've been on a Soviet ships phase recently. The Vostok and updated N1 have been sitting in my VAB since 1.0.5 at least, and recently I've had the urge to complete them. The X-20 has also been sitting around for a while. TKS and Soyuz-Tare new builds. Going to try my hand at either Salyut or Mir next. Probably will release these when 1.2 rolls round, but no promises.

The dream is back! Only in 1.1.3 though, still getting it to fly without exploding.

Halfway out to Moho, the ship performs a trajectory correction burn. Finally arriving at the hell-hole of a rock that is Moho. Bob is getting excited. Slowly burning into Moho orbit.

I see some definite Soyuz inspirations there

So, I've only ever been to Moho twice, one was a flyby probe, the other was a single Kerbal return mission. This time, I've decided to bring 3. And two small rovers to boot. The ship also serves as the lander, and is asparagus staged with 3 nuclear engines, 2 of which can be jettisoned for higher efficiency on the return trip. Combined, with a transfer stage with 7k dV, should get me to Moho and back easily. Launch weight- ~1300 tons Crew- Original 3 (Jeb,Bill, Bob. Sorry, Val.) The launch stage was unable to fully get it into orbit, had to give it a little kick from the transfer stage. Trans-Moho burn. Nothing can go wrong.

Oh, wow. That's pretty ingenious,

The one with the texture of the RT-10 SRB?