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    Lemur III: Crewed mission to Lunar orbit + spacewalk. 5/18/65 - 5/29/65 (Month/Day/Year) Spacecraft: CREM-D/LNM, Siren-C2 upper stage, Daedalus Ib Crew: 2 (Василий Коновалов, Kirk Newton) After the successful Lemur II mission, the CSP decides to skip a crewed Lunar flyby mission entirely and shoot for the Moon... its orbit, not the surface just yet. A couple probe and satellite missions are planned to be launched before that. "Community Spacelines" has been quietly shelved for the time being, with the CSP becoming laser-focused on the Lemur program. A Lunar landing is planned to be attempted no earlier than mid-1966. The usual pre-launch stuff. Lots of testing, lots of counting... down... Eventually, the Daedalus Ib lifts off and soars into the atmosphere. Within 15 minutes, the CREM-D and the Lunar Navigation Module are in a stable parking orbit. The trans-lunar injection burn is performed by the Siren-C2 before it is jettisoned too, and the spacecraft begins coasting to the Moon's SOI. The Lunar Navigation Module fires its thrusters to capture into a Lunar orbit. After all parts of the spacecraft are confirmed operational, Kirk and Basil pressurize their spacesuits. Kirk opens the hatch, retrieves a camera from one of the mislabeled storage compartments, and leaves the capsule. He marks certain points of interest on and around the Moon, and takes pictures of them. After using up all of his scientific instruments and film, he gets bored and climbs back into the capsule. They spend the next several days talking with each other and with their families through Mission Control until they are finally cleared to depart from Lunar orbit and return to Earth. The LNM fires up for the final time to leave the Moon's SOI and place the crew on a trajectory to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere, and then it decouples from the capsule shortly after. The usual re-entry begins after a couple of days of getting closer and closer to the Earth. The CREM-D splashes down, and is later recovered by a nearby naval vessel. Success! Even more money is poured into the space program, which is always good. Future cosmonauts from the wider Eastern Bloc flood into the CSP's recruitment offices. The discovery at the former CSC launch site is suspected to be either related to the Zeus mission, or an elaborate hoax orchestrated by a former employee.
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    6/10, I've posted in a couple threads by you
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