Xeldrak

Well, I am doing a recreation of the Apollo program. So I had to cover Apollo 1 - I recommend reading the wiki article if you haven't. I considered killing three generic kerbals. But that wouldn't do it justice. Jebs death however seemed...grim and shocking enough.

The Seer probe launches remain unaffected by the Odin I tragedy. Seer 3 just landed on the Mun after a perfect launch and an uneventfull cruise to the Mun. It landed in a small but prominent Midland Crater on the northern hemisphere of the Mun.

Well - good luck for your mission. You're almost there I sadly have to announce the death of Jebediah Kerman, he died in a accident on the ground. Odin missions are suspeded until the CSM has been redesigned and new testing precedures are developed. The Seer probe launches however are unaffected. Seer 3 just landed on the Mun after a perfect launch and an uneventfull cruise to the Mun. It landed in a small but prominent Midland Crater on the northern hemisphere of the Mun.

I even live in another country than my birth country. The user below me can name three astronauts from the top of his head.

Depends on the cheese..... The user below me has read a book in the last three months.

We are very sorry to announce that Jebediah Kerman died during a routine test of the Odin capsule snack-reheating-microwave (SRM) today. He was our fines pilot and will forever be remembered as the single member of the Odin I Mission. The next Odin launches are postponed indefinitely wile the SRM and the Odin Spacecraft is redesigned. Since three unkerballed Odin missions (SO-201, SO-202, and SO-203) have allready occurred, the next mission, the first unmanned Sleipnir V test flight (AS-501) will be designated Odin IV.

The Seer 2 probe touches down on the Mun! Like it's predecessor the Seer 2 probe was sent on its way onboard a Naglfar-Logi booster. The probe did not enter a parking orbit but headed directly toward the Mun, accelerated by the Logi second stage. After a one day cruise phase, the Seer 2 was decelerated by the twin engines of the Logi stage above the target zone in the northern part of the East Crater. The last part of the decent was controlled by the probe itself. A little over one day after liftoff, the probe touched down softly in its target area on the Mun.

The Seer 2 probe touches down on the Mun! Like it's predecessor the Seer 2 probe was sent on its way onboard a Naglfar-Logi booster. The probe did not enter a parking orbit but headed directly toward the Mun, accelerated by the Logi second stage. After a one day cruise phase, the Seer 2 was decelerated by the twin engines of the Logi stage above the target zone in the northern part of the East Crater. The last part of the decent was controlled by the probe itself. A little over one day after liftoff, the probe touched down softly in its target area on the Mun.

Talking about Pianos....what about some Shostakovich? Or Chopin for that matter:

Paradoxes can be fun but stuff like "Physics says that bumblebees can't fly, but they do!" is rather annoying. The user below me know the area of a circle with a radius of 1 without help (Google).

Nope. But I'll got with Alphasus

Are you insane? Math is awesome - I'm studying to become a math/physics-teacher. The user below me likes Mathematics!

SO-202 - the second unkerballed, suborbital test flight of a fully funtiontional Odin CSM, launched with the Sleipnir IB launch vehicle. This mission was postponed after some problems at the plant of the Odin CSM manufacturer. But this morning the Sleipnir IB cleared the pad an carried the Odin CSM on a suborbital trajectory into space. At the 2 minute, 10 second mark the first stage seperated, retro und ullage engines firing. The improved S-IVB stage carried the craft to a 260km apoapsis. All stages of the rocket worked flawlessly. Once in space, the CSM activated its engine an fired it repeatedly to test the engine and its refire-ability. The RCS was also activated and thoroughly tested. This was the first time the CSM relied on its fuel cells during flight. 17 Minutes, 37 seconds into the flight the spacecraft neared the Kerbin atmosphere again, so the service module is seperated and the reentry procedure started. The capsuled entered at a rather steep angle, testing the heat shield for future high speed reentries from transmunar trajectories. The parachutes deployed as planned an the capsule splashed down 20 minutes and 48 seconds after launch, south-east of the Ubacia island.

SO-202 - the second unkerballed, suborbital test flight of a fully funtiontional Odin CSM, launched with the Sleipnir IB launch vehicle. This mission was postponed after some problems at the plant of the Odin CSM manufacturer. But this morning the Sleipnir IB cleared the pad an carried the Odin CSM on a suborbital trajectory into space. At the 2 minute, 10 second mark the first stage seperated, retro und ullage engines firing. The improved S-IVB stage carried the craft to a 260km apoapsis. All stages of the rocket worked flawlessly. Once in space, the CSM activated its engine an fired it repeatedly to test the engine and its refire-ability. The RCS was also activated and thoroughly tested. This was the first time the CSM relied on its fuel cells during flight. 17 Minutes, 37 seconds into the flight the spacecraft neared the Kerbin atmosphere again, so the service module is seperated and the reentry procedure started. The capsuled entered at a rather steep angle, testing the heat shield for future high speed reentries from transmunar trajectories. The parachutes deployed as planned an the capsule splashed down 20 minutes and 48 seconds after launch, south-east of the Ubacia island.

Well, it depends - the early missions, like Saturn I SA-2 had upper stages filled with water, so I'll simply add a tank. Some missions like AS-101 had boilerplate command/service module - I'll add a simplified csm with a probe core hidden behind the LES. However AS-203 (corresponds to the SO-203 album on the page before) simply didn't have ballast. It had only a nosecone and was used just to test the upgraded Saturn IB booster.

Today the SO-203 mission launched from the KSC. It carried no Odin Command/Service Module spacecraft, as its purpose was to verify the design of the S-IVB rocket stage restart capability that would later be used in the Odin program to boost kerbonauts from Kerbin orbit to a trajectory towards the Mun. Six minutes and twenty seconds after launch the second stage entered a circular orbit around kerbin, where it performed numerous test and experiments.

Today the SO-203 mission launched from the KSC. It carried no Odin Command/Service Module spacecraft, as its purpose was to verify the design of the S-IVB rocket stage restart capability that would later be used in the Odin program to boost kerbonauts from Kerbin orbit to a trajectory towards the Mun. Six minutes and twenty seconds after launch the second stage entered a circular orbit around kerbin, where it performed numerous test and experiments.

Well, I called it Odin program, so my basic Idea was to replace all greek/roman names with names from the norse mythology. So instead of Atlas-Centaur it became Naglfar-Logi. It try to find fitting names. For example the Atlas used to be a ICBM, therefore Naglfar seemed fitting, since it's prominent role during ragnarok (the norse apocalypse). What I'm trying to say is: wikipedia In the case of the Seer probe I just wanted something that was like surveyor just...more fitting to my theme. Giving names to things is something I wierdly enjoy.

8/10 It's funny and it's simplistic. But if the build-loop is infinite, you can never see the thing launch :/

Fun Fact: Yuri Gagarin ejected from his capsule 7km above the ground (as planned). The Soviet Union kept this little fact for themselves. The reason behind this planned deception was to get around a slight technicality. According to the International Aeronautical Federation (FAI), unless the spacecraft landed with person still inside it would not count as a space flight.

0/10 Sorry, I can't remember you

Hidden messages are fun! And your signatury is funny As a small bonus, I have the prime factorization of you username: 4021112 = 2x2x2x17x29567

Today the first Naglfar-Logi rocket launched from the KSC to bring a unmanned probe to the Mun. The mission proceeded flawlessly, flying to the Mun nonstop, without any parking orbits. The probe showed that a powered, soft landing on the Mun is possible. It will remain on the ground near the edge of the huge Northwest Crater on the Mun. A monument to kerbal ingenuity.

Today the first Naglfar-Logi rocket launched from the KSC to bring a unmanned probe to the Mun. The mission proceeded flawlessly, flying to the Mun nonstop, without any parking orbits. The probe showed that a powered, soft landing on the Mun is possible. It will remain on the ground near the edge of the huge Northwest Crater on the Mun. A monument to kerbal ingenuity.

Oh - I like trains. Therefore I like your avatar aswell as your signature