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A busy day. First up a Minmus Fly by is sent up After Minmus the sat heads for a solar orbit LES staging and hardware was tested Jeb is the first kerbal hurled at the heavens. And Jeb is the first kerbal to have a safe return after being hurled at the heavens

I sent up a Mun Sat Arrival at the Mun After collecting the science and then circularizing the sat is now a data relay.

Or attempt to rendezvous before impact, fix it (I think that kind of contract completes when the repaired condition is met) and then GTF to a non-impact orbit. You would need a lot of D/V and luck.

I have been having issues with every game I started (computer turned off at the power switch because it locked up in the VAB screen issues) recently and finally after much mod trouble shooting , I started a game using Simplex Kebalism as the main driver for play. The main Goal will be a manned, self sustaining, base at Duna. The first orbital sat

I restarted my career save after some issues with the first one. First orbital flight and EVA Val is happy to be going home Happy Landings were had

I started a new career save. Jeb goes sub orbital becoming the first kerbal in space. Got a contract completed too. made a …. Thing to complete a contract. I just upgraded the VAB!!! NOOO!!! Thank goodness . (Now the site director goes and changes his pants)

As Bej said, Scansat . There are several new scanning instruments added by the mod to find biomes even at low tech levels. The map and overlays are good too. I use them to target LZ's near biome borders when landing a rover. It is then just a short drive to the next biome.

Time for the just landed rover to pull over and camp On the next days journey a sand dune is scanned... followed by a blueberry patch. After visiting the lowlands and midlands we are heading to the highlands and later to some craters. Caught air and flipped then exploded. (Remember everyone. Speed kills)

Once more with feeling, A rover was launched to Duna And coasting to Duna Arrival And the rover waits until dawn to set out after charging up

I sent my rover to Duna There was an anomaly

Drove around testing a rover

Went to Dres Very close flyby. And now just 32 years until an encounter with Edna.

After many game years the Jool probe arrives We only have enough d/v to fly by Lathe Two years after that the Lindor probe preforms a capture burn. And the tour starts with Talos, then Huygen, Then to Riga Leaving Riga we get a transfer to Kiel Aden is where the last bit of science collected by the spacecraft And finally a pass by Huygen to raise the AP prior to parking the space craft in an orbit to act as a second relay.

Launched a probe to Jool And 60 game days later, launched a probe to Lindor

A relay sat was launched towards Lindor Capture burn. After which the vehicle journeys out to a high AP for an inclination change And on station ready for the exploration satellites to follow.

A trip to Duna was arranged for Jeb, Val and Bob Th e crew settles in for a long coat to the course correction after the transfer burn Once the crew arrives at Duna there is much aero braking. The crew rendezvous with a prepositioned lander. Perhaps I should have put more parachutes on. But a landing is made and Val and Bob pose for the camera Time to go Rendezvous with Jeb. Arrival at Kerbin Final activities before entry. And many happy landings were had.

We aero-braked around Duna to deliver an end to end test of a new lander. The intention was to pre-position the next lander with a full fuel load and wait for the crew on the next launch window. To save fuel areo-braking was required. 5 passes dropped the AP to 450 km Then the landing sequence was tested As was take off from Duna to orbit

Put me in the Maneuver Node just to get a sense of when and how long to burn to circularization bucket. And it does let you be frugal with the delta V. But the last seconds are manually done to fine tune the AP.

Finished up the Rover trip to the highlands. Ike set. Drove through a bit of dust And arrival at the highlands 90 km later

Ok this time I am sending a rover to Duna that will work after landing. For real this time. The vehicle is in cruse mode after solar panel deployment Arrival at Duna. Hi Ike! EDL The rover visits the remains of the sky crane and plans are made for it's journey to the next biome And we get about halfway there today

After taking a break I booted up the game and saw I was ready for a rover mission to Duna Several rovers were tested with variable results. Sending the rover to Duna had a hic up or 2 But we go it off the ground and on the way to Duna And technically I did land the rover on Duna. I think all the criticism about it being unable to move is a bit unfair.

Having collected all the science allowed from the Mun and Minmus, the first interplanetary mission is launched. A kerbaled mission to orbit Eve is launched. Arrival at Eve. Maxgas gets the science. After ditching the science package and a long wait for the transfer window the trip home is started. The first return at interplanetary speeds was grueling for the kerbals. They are still passed out. But land they did with the science

I have done this at least once. Stranding your kerbels is a right of passage in KSP. Crashing the rescue ship while trying to rescue said kerbels is too.

I remember chasing after my Eve lander once, back in one of the older builds when every planetary surface was covered in slippery stuff. (taps cane on floor for emphasis while sitting in a rocking chair)

A mission to Jool was launched Capture at Jool Visited Tylo, Laythe. And Vall.