I managed to get the main module of my first space station in orbit around kerbal. I then created a large arm to hold several solar panels. The problem is the while using SAS to align and approach I use forward thrust to vector into alignment. But then I have to rotate the section around to be able to retro burn to slow the closing speed. The time it takes to rotate the section to burn prograde or retrograde is making it almost impossible to align and set a proper speed to close on it.
Is there something I am missing? How do you get space station pieces up and docked to a station? I also noticed with the auto-controller (instead of a pod) some of the markers in the ball are absent.
