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But the first planet that a robotic probe landed on was Venus, so I picked Eve.

This was originally going to be mission 22, but as I was going to launch, Protractor told me that there was a launch window for Duna (the theta value was almost 0 degrees). Mission 24 Payload: Dawn-1 Description: A spacecraft equipped with a heat shield and a parachute in order to make a soft landing on Eve. Mass at launch: 0.373 t Launch Vehicle: Onion Stick Mk. 03a Mission goal: Land on Eve. (Trans-Eve injection) (Post-burn trajectory (image not found)) (After first course correction) After the encounter, another course correction was performed to lower the Eve periapsis to 60 kilometers. The second stage was jettisoned prior to atmospheric entry. Solar panels were retracted prior to the aerocapture. Dawn-1 would go once more around the planet before the actual landing. Final atmospheric entry with panels retracted and parachute deployed: (Parachute fully deployed) Landed on the surface of Eve: (Landing site) Mission successful

You should know about the beings responsible for these scenarios.

1864: Tutankhamen, the emperor of Saudi Arabia, leads an epic battle against Thomas Jefferson, the king of Canada, in the Amazon Rainforest. Emperor Tut commands his horde of elephants while Jefferson uses an army of tigers. The year-long battle eventually ends in a draw.

We've got a KSP master over here!

[edit: reuploaded to imgur] Again, this is because of Kerbal Engineer. Mission 23 Payload: Kujita-5 (Mk. 01a) Launch Vehicle: Onion Stick Mk. 03a-3C (3-core) Mission goal: Establish an orbit around the Mun then safely return back to Kerbin. Pilot: Jebediah Kerman 3-core, as in three OS-03 first stages. Going from Kerbin to the Mun: Before the insertion burn: In Munar orbit: Jeb spent one full orbit around the Mun before beginning the trip back home. Leaving the Mun: Re-entry: Landing site: Mission successful

1975: French, British, and American astronauts land on Europa and establish a base there.

[edit: reuploaded to imgur] Mission 22 Payload: Wish-1 Description: Small Duna orbiter equipped with dish and wire antennae. Mass at launch: 0.299 t Launch Vehicle: Onion Stick Mk. 02 Mission goal: Establish an orbit around Duna. The spacecraft was launched into a low parking orbit as usual (panels and antennae were deployed while it was still suborbital), then about half-an-hour later, the second stage began the Trans-Duna Injection burn. This is the post-burn trajectory: After leaving Kerbin SOI: Several weeks into the mission, the spacecraft performed another course correction burn: Wish-1 has been captured by Duna's gravity well. About to cross periapsis: The upper stage began to burn its last drops of fuel. Then, Wish-1 separated to complete the insertion until it ran out of fuel. The final orbit around Duna: KASDA's first interplanetary mission (which had lasted almost 57 days) was complete. Mission successful

[edit: reuploaded to imgur] Mission 21 Payload: Moon Princess 6 Launch Vehicle: Onion Stick Mk. 03a-2L Mission goal: Land on Minmus and deploy the rover. A few course corrections had to be performed, the first of which made a Mun encounter that would take place in a year (and it kept flickering on and off, too). After the final course correction: Capture into Minmus's orbit: The initial descent burn: Falling towards the surface: Landed (antenna opened shortly afterward): The rover traversing the frozen lake: Mission successful (yet another invisible bump caused all but one solar panel to break)

[edit: reuploaded to imgur] Mission 20 Payload: Moon Princess 5 Launch Vehicle: Onion Stick Mk. 03a-2L (with fins for added control) Mission goal: Land on Minmus and deploy the rover. First use of fins (with control surfaces) After launch and Minmus injection, a correction burn was supposed to take place at the Mun's orbit. But the probe forgot to deploy the solar panels (basically I was too focused on the transfer burn)! And the panels on the rover faced away from the sun, so the spacecraft was essentially dead. [image not found] Sailing past Minmus with no way of burning retrograde. Mission failed

I remember Galaxiki from several years ago. It was weird that you could purchase stars for people to edit them. This system reminds me of cheap bootleg knockoff products.

Which is why my space program (KASDA) started off by launching a small satellite, and had no intended suborbital manned flights.

[edit: reuploaded to imgur] Thanks for the compliments! Mission 19 Payload: Moon Princess 4 Description: A moon lander which carries a small, lightweight rover. Mass at launch: 1.336 t (rover + lander); 0.311 t (rover only) Launch Vehicle: Onion Stick Mk. 03-2L Boosters: JKJSPC LV-T30 liquid engines (FL-T400 tank) First stage: JKJSPC LV-T30 liquid engine Second stage: JKJSPC LV-909 liquid engine (w/ extended tank) Mission goal: Land on the Mun and deploy the rover. The first use of liquid rocket boosters on a KASDA launcher: After trans-Munar injection: MP-4 separated from the upper stage after orbital insertion: De-orbit burn; landing struts Landed! The rover has separated from the landing vehicle and is now driving on the surface. Mission successful A closer look at the rover: (One thing that annoys me is that my rover keeps hitting invisible bumps on the ground that send me flipping into the air. All but two of the solar panels are broken now.)

Overheating?

edit: images have been reuploaded to imgur. Mission 16 Payload: Songbird-5 Launch Vehicle: Onion Stick Mk. 02 Mission 17 Payload: Songbird-6 Launch Vehicle: Onion Stick Mk. 02 Mission 18 Payload: Songbird-7 Launch Vehicle: Onion Stick Mk. 02 Mission goal: Expand the Songbird network to 6 satellites. (This time, I used the power of math to get the maneuver nodes in the right location.) After three launches, the Songbird network was complete. Mission successful

Kerbal Engineer can take solid boosters into account if you attach a liquid fuel tank (preferably a small one, like the Oscar- to the solid boosters. Just don't forget to take the fuel tank off before flying.

edit: images have been reuploaded to imgur. Mission 14 Payload: Kujita-3 (Mk. 01b) Description: Improved version of the Kujita capsule with monopropellant tanks and RCS thrusters. Mass at launch: 4.525 t Launch Vehicle: Onion Stick Mk. 03-2S Boosters: Two RT-10 solid rocket motors First stage: JKJSPC LV-T30 liquid engine Second stage: JKJSPC LV-909 liquid engine (w/ extended tank) Mission goal: Launch into LKO and serve as a rendezvous target for Kujita-4, then safely return to Kerbin. Pilot: Jebediah Kerman This mission features the first use of boosters and launch stability enhancers on a KASDA launch vehicle. The ignition of the liquid rocket engine occurred after separation of the SRBs. Kujita-3 in orbit: Mission 15 Payload: Kujita-4 (Mk. 01b) Launch Vehicle: Onion Stick Mk. 03-2S Mission goal: Rendezvous with Kujita-3, keep a close distance for several minutes, then safely return to Kerbin. Pilot: Bill Kerman Kujita-4 was ready to lift-off about an hour after the launch of Kujita-3. After orbital insertion, what followed was a slightly intricate series of burns to rendezvous with Kujita-3. The final rendezvous took place at night, and KASDA had forgotten to put lights on the spacecraft, so Bill had to use his keen eyesight and the ship's onboard computer to meet with the spacecraft. (This was my first rendezvous ever in KSP (I didn't practice beforehand), and I did this all without looking up any specific tutorials, because of my previous experience with Orbiter Space Flight Simulator) Flying in formation Jebediah Kerman would be the first to de-orbit and land. (This particular shot reminds me of 2001: A Space Odyssey.) Jeb landed west of Kerbal Space Center. Mission successful Bill zooming past KSC during re-entry. KASDA's first water landing. Mission successful Landing locations (Jeb/Kujita-3 landed in the west; Bill/Kujita-4 landed in the east). The two missions had taken about one Kerbal day (6 hours) to complete.

edit: images have been reuploaded to imgur. Mission 13 Payload: Starlight Description: A probe to study Kerbol from a safe distance. Mass at launch: 0.152 t Launch Vehicle: Onion Stick Mk. 02 Mission objective: Establish an heliocentric orbit between the orbits of Kerbin and Eve. Starlight plus the OS-02 second stage prior to the escape burn. The transfer orbit after the burn: About a day later, Starlight became the first KASDA spacecraft to escape Kerbin's sphere of influence. Over 40 days passed until the spacecraft reached periapsis, where the upper stage burned retrograde until Starlight's orbit didn't cross any planetary orbits. Separation occurred soon afterward. Mission successful

That's a pretty cute plane.

Thanks. I like to have just the right launcher for a particular mission. Kerbal Engineer really helps in the planning process, and I practice the flight on another save file before doing it "for real".

A mix of casual career with some casual sandbox.

I came from Orbiter-Forum, so I was one of the first to find out about KSP. I never knew it was going to grow into something so popular. Also, it's interesting to see the origin of the term "Kerbal".

I love the lander.

edit: images have been reuploaded to imgur. Mission 12 Payload: Moon Princess 3 Description: A small probe designed to land on a small moon. Mass at launch: 0.491 t Launch Vehicle: Onion Stick Mk. 03 Mission objective: Land on the Mun. Traveling away from Kerbin: After insertion, the second stage lowered its periapsis below the surface before spacecraft separation. MP-3 then re-boosted its periapsis to a 15-20 km orbit at apoapsis, then lowered the apoapsis on the night side of the Mun. Beginning the de-orbit burn: Almost there... ...and touchdown! This was KASDA's first landing on another world. Mission successful