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I've finally built all the stuff to complete 4-Mun Base, just to be sure, Kerbals have to return in orbit using the Mun Ascent Vehicle from Munar Sortie to dock on Orion ? I have to capture using Altair own propulsion ? Also there's a little mistake in the description, it is required to get room for 3 kerbals (stock) but the rover has to carry 4 :p I can use OrionEXT to get 4 on the Mun if needed, with a larger MAV

As you may remember on my attempt, I had to put a lot of solid boosters because I went a bit overboard with the probe .. It's hard to get 2k m/s from those things !

Okay thanks, I'll see what I can do !

@septemberWaves Hey ! Is it possible that I design a new Altair to build the second Mun base or do I have to keep the same one ? I'll get into trouble to land the heaviest modules with the first iteration !

Thanks, totally forgot about this challenge ! I got 2 planes non reviewed yet, a regionnal and jumbo passenger from May

@Kerbalstar I did not forget about this thread but I don't like military stuff on KSP, so I just waited a bit to see if there would be something funny to participate

Congrats @Death Engineering !! Beautifull setup !

Awesome looking shuttle ! ;D I just don't get why you put it inside a fairing ? You can't control the ascent with that much lift on top of the launcher ?

Thank you It was pure luck actually, I did not quickload anything to modify the departure time or else, and the orbit I chose was a bit unusual (Pe around Mun was very low for a free return trajectory). That's why I aimed at 42-43k when returning to Kerbin, so I knew I could glide at least 2 times due to the relatively low drag of the shuttle, or just pitch hard if needed (thanks to a lot of elevator power!) I'll change my future reports to hide more pics, even if I really like showing beauty screenshots without interface for everyone to see ! :p

Well since there's a lot of radiation around the KSC due to the excessive use of Nukes with this Shuttle program, I'm sure that now the sandwich is flying to its destiny using the huge amount of dV left in the Module ! Maybe we'll hear from it again later in the challenge

She can't handle the loss of 2 airbrakes during a single mission, also she's realising that she forgot her sandwich around the Mun !

STS 5T As you'll see below, I flew the shuttle directly after capturing & touching down on the Mun, just in case I'd have to use a small correction to land on a runway. Turns out I did not have to touch anything between LKO and returning in the atmosphere to land almost directly on the KSC ! Part 1 : Launchpad, LKO, Mun injection Part 2 : Capturing Mun-Module around the Mun and landing ! Part 3 : Shuttle's return to Kerbin, capturing and landing during the same pass I pitched down too hard so I landed on the hill in front of KSC, just had to let it roll a bit to stop in front of the SPH ! Part 4 : Mun activities ! Part 5 : Leaving Mun to crash land on Kerbin again

Glad to see you back, and thank you . Back then I used lots of fins because I wanted to land the 2 ships together despite their weight difference so it just helped control even if it was overpowered. I'll probably take a shot at the following missions

I don't touch the fuel except sometimes when landing with an unbalanced cargo, but my booster design is symmetrical so there's that ..

Aux 2 voir 3 français qui sont encore sur ce forum !

Certainly one of the best thread around here (No I'm not biased! )

This looks very interresting I might give it a shot, also because I've never landed on Eeloo & Moho .. !

Very nice Korolev cross !

I don't know if you can use jets on special missions like STS Abort or STS Apollo crossover, which are by design precision landing missions requiring forward thinking. The only time I really needed them was for Laythe SSTO Shuttle but maybe michal should clarify if they're allowed in Kerbin's atmosphere?

STS-4T Skylab (second part) This part is shorter than the first, you already saw my method of moving stuff around Skylab and there's not much happenning ! Part 1 : Launch and encounter with Skylab Part 2 : Docking, deploying new modules This is the hab module, consisting of 2x2 Mk2 fuselage You can see the 3 new cre above the antennas ! Part 3 : Deorbiting the shuttle

Oh yeah sorry, I thought I could do 2 reports, the second payload is already loaded so I just have to fly the last part of the mission

Well thank you, I always try to be creative and do weird stuff This shuttle is also very reliable and easy to fly, the only modifications being a change of engines and an upside-down cargo-bay ! I'm quite proud of this craft . + it looks stupid !

Yeah I'm doing this way since the beginning of the challenge ! I tried to design a "standard" shuttle on the side of boosters but it has to be ugly to work so I'm sticking with this idea

STS-4T Skylab Mission Okay so finally, I finished my attempt at STS Skylab, feels like its been a very long time since I posted something .... : / Part 1 : Launchpad and encounter with Skylab Part 2 : Artisan's payload, deorbiting useless stuff & saving the hab-module The big thumper is used as an adaptater to dock the shuttle, below it are 3 tiny pods to deorbit comm-mast and solar array, in the back is a rocket booster consisting of 2 Cheetah with their fuel supply. In the front you may see a very flat RoboTug. Part 3 : Skylab goes to a higher orbit, while the shuttle barely avoid the ground ! I realized too late that the hab module doesn't have a Sr. dock but just a regular one, I hope this doesn't disqualify my entry !