Kuiper_Belt

This is awesome! Incredibly useful for navigating the sea of images that is that page... First make sure you have "CustomPreLaunchChecks" installed in the GameData folder. Are you doing ctrl-k inflight (like on the launch pad) or at the KSC menu (where you select the VAB SPH etc) because the Menu only opens in flight. Do you have the patch to get Katniss Cape working for 2.5x KSRSS? If not you can find that here. If none of this fixes it I'd suggest clearing out your GameData (Except for Squad and Squad Expansion) and slowly add mods. I'd personally start with KSRSS and Sigma Rescale so you can actually test Katniss Cape, then move on to visual and part mods. I'm not really a tech support guy so my explanation probably isn't the best. Hopefully this helps

An unexpected visitor... In late 1979 The Space Shuttle was slated to launch and deploy a tug to reboost Skylab but due to delays with The Space Shuttle Program and increased solar activity during the time Skylab was in orbit, Skylab could not be saved. If you want to see the full mission, you can find it here!

STS-2a: Skylab Reboost Mission, Late 1979 After the final boost conducted by the Apollo CSM, the crew of Skylab 4 undocked with Skylab for the final time on February 8th, 1974, at 2:33 UTC. Afterwards Skylab's orbit would slowly decay over the following years. On July 11, 1979, Skylab reentered the atmosphere and debris landed in the Indian Ocean and Western Australia. When the crew of Skylab 4 undocked from Skylab, they left the hatch unlocked for the next crewed mission. Skylab 5 was suggested utilizing the Saturn 1B and Apollo CSM of the Skylab Rescue Mission (Which was assembled in the VAB for a problem with Skylab 4's CSM that was discovered in orbit.) but was ultimately not launched for either mission. NASA at the time was developing the Space Transportation System and in 1978 NASA had found that It was possible to reboost Skylab and awarded a $26 million contract to Martin Marietta to construct the Teleoperator Retrieval System. The second Space Shuttle Mission would launch to save Skylab. STS-2a would have probably launched from Pad 39-A and flown by Columbia. As an early Shuttle Mission the External Tank would have been White. After boosting Skylab, several more missions would be sent to Skylab to refurbish, attach additional solar panels and expand Skylab to support more missions. Columbia would be eventually be reflown on another Shuttle Mission. In reality Skylab would of course burn up due to orbital decay. Skylab also was reentered earlier than predicted due to increased solar activity. In addition to the solar activity The Shuttle Program was delayed for a multitude of reasons but lead to the impossibility of Skylab being able to be saved by The Space Shuttle. The TRS was also considered to be launched on the Titan III and Atlas Agena Launch Vehicles but plans ultimately fell through as well which lead to the demise of Skylab that we all know. I brought back the warm TUFX config for the old flight. I intend to do another flight or two to Skylab and document it but It would be much more speculation than this. The next mission I intend to do will be a little different and will take a little time to make the craft. More missions coming in the near future!

Wait a second... That's the wrong program! Saving Skylab coming soon...

Shuttle C: A Proposed Shuttle Derived Vehicle Shuttle C was originally conceived and investigated 1984 and were studied through 1995. Being largely compatible with existing shuttle infrastructure, Shuttle C was basically an orbiter with only the aft engine section and cargo bay still keeping the stack itself unchanged including the 3 RS-25s. This would result in massive weight savings allowing Shuttle C to carry far heavier payloads in one launch as opposed to The Space Shuttle. Examples include but are not limited to large interplanetary space craft components, large space stations, heavier interplanetary robotic missions, heavy lunar mission hardware. NASA planned on using Shuttle C in the International Lunar Resources Exploration Program as well as a manned mars mission launching 80 ton segments each launch. More Shuttle-C Shuttle C as originally imagined would die out but the idea of a shuttle derived heavy lift launch vehicle wouldn't die out, which brings us conveniently to... Shuttle-Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle Evolved from Shuttle C, the Shuttle-Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle (HLV) would once again build off of the shuttle stack. Presented in 2009 HLV would consist of a modified shuttle engine mount still utilizing the classic triple RS-25 configuration. Sporting a far larger 7.5 meter faring the HLV would have been able to lift much heavier payloads. The HLV had several major differences from Shuttle C. Where as Shuttle C could detach from the External Tank, HLV was stuck attached. HLV was also designed with an upper stage in mind to deliver even heavier payloads to lunar orbit for envisioned lunar missions. Such a stage would utilize the at the time in development J-2X. Finally HLV was also envisioned to carry crew in the form of the Orion capsule mounted on top of the fairing. More HLV An honorable mention I did not include was Shuttle Z, a form factor similar to HLV but even larger fairing and given an additional RS-25 for the first stage and a modified air startable RS-25 for an upper stage. But this leads us to my mission... Shuttle C + Orion Now you may be asking yourself "WHAT AM I LOOKING AT?!?!?!?!?!?!?" and that is a reasonable response. I got carried away when I was thinking about a YouTube video I had watched a few weeks back by Hazegrayart where they recreated the HLV. I thought to myself why not try to recreate that video accurately by NOT brushing up on it so I can create it accurately. So I went into the VAB slapped some parts together and you now see what lays before your eyes. This is a mix of the Shuttle C the HLV's crew carrying capacity and the SLS ICPS and Orion Stack. Though an unconventional look I actually think it looked quite pretty albeit a bit different. I hope you guys like it as well. I would suggest you make one yourself from the standpoint that mine is incredibly janky. Project EOC would be a mod you should look into if you haven't already. If you do insist on having mine I should have it here in a couple days. Like so: It looks like it clips in to the side of that pipe because it does but It works just fine for me. It's trial and error after all. Hope this helps! Feel free to post missions I'd just ask to be informed of the specific mission before hand so we don't have two of the same mission. I've been wanting to get back to ISS missions because that is how I started on my screenshot quest. I would love to learn more on this community ISS project and how to become a part of it so any direction on where to participate would be appreciated! Can't wait to see what missions you have to offer after your hiatus! I hope you guys are liking the missions myself and others in the thread are cranking out. It's really impressive to me and I am proud to be a small part of it! More missions from myself and others coming soon!

Wait just a second. That's no shuttle! Shuttle C coming soon... Glad to hear you like it! You were one of my main inspirations to begin this project!

STS 41-B February 4, 1984 STS 41-B previously designated as STS-11 was the tenth Space Shuttle mission and the first flight of 1984. For those uninitiated to the flight numbering system the 4 in STS-41-B means Launched in fiscal year of 1984. The 1 means launched from the first launch site of Launch Complex 39. Launch Site 2 was Vandenberg SLC-6 but any plans to launch from there were canceled after the Challenger Disaster . The B means second scheduled flight of the given fiscal year. So STS-41-B means launched in 1984, from Cape Canaveral, and is the second scheduled of the year. STS-41-B was pushed ahead of STS-10 due to a cancellation surrounding payload issues, resulting in the second scheduled launch of 1984 being the first. Flown by Challenger STS-41-B would be the first flight and demonstration of the MMU or the Manned Maneuvering Unit which assisted in hosted the first untethered space walk. STS-41-B also deployed 2 satellites Westar 6 and Palapa B. Despite a nominal deployment from Challenger the Payload Assist Module failed to place the satellites in an adequate orbit. Those satellites would later be captured and safely returned by Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-A. Challenger would also relaunch the SPAS-1 satellite that had previously flown on STS-7. Though a problem related to Canadarm would leave it bound to the payload bay instead of free flight. Challenger would lift off from Pad 39-A in the mid morning. After 7 days and 23 hours, Space Shuttle Challenger would land at Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center. After being recovered it would be reflown again for STS-41-C. I LOVE the MMU! Its from Cormorant Aeronology, as well as the satellite dispensers. I can't wait to do more missions with them. The next mission I'm planning on doing is a little different from what I've done before but hopefully It wont take too long. Hope you liked it! More missions coming soon!

A new definition of serenity. STS-41-B coming soon!

Thanks! I go for realism in my screenshots and my missions and I'm glad I'm doing it right!

This would absolutely fit! I have been thinking about doing the Skylab reboost mission but I'm waiting for the BDB retexturing to go live... I saw your amazing rendition of Early Lunar Access and was blown away! I'd love to see what else you've got. If you have any questions get in touch with me in DMs!

Launched and deployed Hubble on STS-31! The mission is documented in more detail here as well as other mission from myself and @lemon cup . Check it out if you'd like!

STS-31 April 24, 1990 STS-31 was the launch of the now legendary Hubble Space Telescope (HST or Hubble). Carrying a crew of 5, Space Shuttle Discovery would deploy the HST with the Canadarm. At the time of deployment, Discovery would break the record orbit altitude of the program. Discovery would lift off from Pad 39 in the morning next to her sister ship, Colombia awaiting launch for STS-35. The Hubble Space Telescope is a joint project between NASA and ESA. Housing the largest primary mirror designed for near-infrared, ultraviolet and of course visual light, Hubble is the largest optical space telescope in history and is intended to take high resolution pictures of the universe to study it. Though after a flawless deployment, ground control discovered that the primary mirror was ground incorrectly, which caused an effect called spherical aberration to manifest in all picture taken. Hubble was designed with the ability to be serviced by the crew but not to the extent of removing and replacing the primary mirror. Luckily the mirror was wrong very precisely, allowing equally precise optical instruments to be designed and launched to Hubble on a future flight. After 5 days and 1 hour in orbit, discovery would land at Edwards Airforce Base Runway 22 in California. Discovery would fly back to Kennedy Space Center to be refurbished and fly again on STS-41. With the problem with Hubble discovered it would wait until STS-61 in 1993 before it would be serviced by Space Shuttle Endeavour. I had a lot of fun with this mission! The Canadarm is always a bit of a challenge but when it works out it is always rewarding. For the most part I'm happy with my Hubble design but I feel like the solar arrays are lacking compared to the actual ROSA esc arrays. If anyone has any suggestions to make the more like them I'm all ears! More missions coming soon!

Sneak Peak! STS-31 coming soon...

Here you go! It really changes the way the game feels

Another beautiful mission!

My TUFX configs you can find here as well as more screenshots surrounding the shuttle. As to whos configs they are, it seems that when I added them to my gamedata folder and renamed the cfg files I named them as yours! So these might actually be your TUFX configs... Please tell me if I am wrong! The origin of the configs has been confusing me for longer than it really should.... I'm using KSRSS and KSRSSVE max settings and its dependencies as well as scatterer and TUFX. I don't think these will work with JNSQ unfortunately. I know the mod Ad Astra works with JNSQ but it didnt always give me the results I wanted (Probably because I did something wrong ). You can find my full mod list here under the "Mods" section in the spoiler dropdown. It is from Benjee! As someone else said the node its attached to nestled deeper in the capsule so its flush with the top.

Been loving it so far! Amazing work! More screenshots:

I have taken the profiles in the TUFX Profile folder and uploaded them to google drive. You can find them here. Enjoy! Remember these aren't mine! I've just found the on the internet in the past and I cant find them now.

Awesome stuff! Turned out great! My TUFX configs are an interesting story.... I have searched the internet this morning looking for them and I could only find 2. The 2 I have come up with are Zorgs & Emilius configs. The others are "RealEarth" no clue on how to find it & 2 sets from @alberro+. 1 one of those is older and has a warmer color temperature and the other is a newer variant with a cooler color temperature. I have no how I would get my hands on them again at this p point as they've seem to have vanished. Perhaps I am not looking well enough or in the right places... Hopefully this helps!

It’s beautiful! Keep up the great work!

STS-74 November 12, 1995 STS-74 was the second Space Shuttle Mission to Mir. Launched from Pad 39 A Space Shuttle Atlantis would bring the Mir Docking Module to Mir. The Mir Docking Module was added to prevent the constant movement of Kristall module. Atlantis with her crew of 5 would lift off mid morning. After 8 Days and 4 hours in orbit, Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down at Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center. The Mir Docking Module would host 7 more Space Shuttles 5 of which would be Atlantis returning. Atlantis would be refurbished and fitted out to launch again for STS-76 where she would return to Mir. I would like to apologize for the wait of this one. I have had multiple issues with this mission which necessitated a restart. I also was playing around with the mods again and lost track of time. Those with keen eyes will have noticed that the Space Center look completely different from different missions AND this launch! I have installed Katniss Cape Canaveral for KSRSS and boy is it beautiful. More missions to come! Hopefully faster than last time...

Atlantis, Huston, Go At Throttle Up!

Stuff is coming I swear...

Atlantis brings a housewarming gift! Also the part retexturing's you're doing for Mir are jaw dropping ! Keep up the fantastic work.

Riding the flames!