Here is what I gathered so far. 1: when you start out, launch a pod. Do a crew report, and hit save it. Go on EVA, save the EVA report. Take a sample from the launchpad. 2: Hover over altimiter, hit "recover". 3: You now have science! Ways of getting science as far as I know: -Crew reports -EVA reports -Samples from planet bodies -Mystery goo -Science thing. You earn different amounts of science based on where you are. Moon samples are very valuable. There is different biomes too. Another way, is to transmit data using commutrons. They take electric chrarge, and transmit data back to kerbin. But sometimes at a reduced amount of science!