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Can confirm this has happened to me a lot with fairings

I was warping at x3 speed and seemingly the moment I hit orbital altitude the craft destroyed itself, there was a boom and the flight status screen showed vessel destroyed, I didn't see any breakup debris. I was not burning my engine at the moment, but i was fast warping. With the flight report on screen, I can see my final AP was 77,939m and PE -792m. I wasn't circularized yet.

Keep in mind, I believe @CobaltWolf is going for a stock-alike look that doesn't have to be exactly the pant scheme of the actual Saturn V. Once he's completed, I'm planning on creating as realistic a texture as possible for his Sarnus V that will mimic the Apollo 11 launch vehicle. (but considering the awesome work he's already done, my job looks to be pretty easy!) (Like a stupid amount of realistic detail )

With CobaltWolf's blessing, I'm very interested in creating my own ultra-realistic texture pack for the Sat V, Redstone, Atlas, and Titan rockets. I think its great that Cobalt's creating them as a neutral text/logo free stock alike parts, it helps retain the original style of KSP. However, I know there are a lot of history buffs out there who would like to see all the text/logos from the 1960's. It would be nice if any parts that would normally have a flag/logo could be toggled on/off like I've seen some part mods do.

If your looking for more engine/part names in tribute to fallen pioneers from early space flight, you could look into the primary crew of Gemini 9, Charles Bassett & Elliot See, who were killed when their T-38 trainer aircraft crashed 4 months before their Gemini flight. Just a thought.. not to mention the STS-51 and STS-107 crews.

Check out the link CobaltWolf posted, it explains the origin of his naming scheme. From Wikipedia; "As a practical joke, the Apollo 1 crew named three of the stars in the Apollo catalog after themselves and introduced them into NASA documentation.Gamma Cassiopeiae became Navi – Ivan (Gus Grissom's middle name) spelled backwards. Iota Ursae Majoris became Dnoces – "Second" spelled backwards, for Edward H. White II. And Gamma Velorum became Regor – Roger (Chaffee) spelled backwards. These names quickly stuck after the Apollo 1 accident and were regularly used by later Apollo crews."

Just curious Cobalt, for the S-IVB, where you planning on including the pedal adaptor fairings or will they be blown clear like the modifications made after Apollo 7?

I've really been meaning to get into 3d printing.. tempting to get a DIY printer kit and start a home kerbal collection!

Of course not my intention. Amazing work by the entire BDB Team! Gemini 8 Thanks you also!

Hey guys, new to the forum, definitely not new to KSP. Just wanted to say, keep up the awesome work Araym! I've been lost since the days of the FASA mod Saturn V. Recreating the Mercury and Gemini missions with your models has been fantastic!I can't wait to see your updates and hopefully I can find a way to help in the future.