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along with what everyone else has said, always put an avionics package on your planes. its a world changer.

I have been pretty busy while the forums were down. here is Malton Kerman, hero to all Kerbalkind, posing on the Mun after a very satisfying mission. Here he is again, this time on Minmus. this was also a first for me and I was excited that Malton once again got the honor of "first". you can also see the Mun and Kerbin in the background. Another shot, just before Malton excited his trusty lander Here are two unknown Kerbalnaughts (really wish I had recorded their names) finally capturing success in the Venus program. the Venus program concentrated on docking and various docking procedures. these two brave Kerbalnaughts successfully performed the first orbital rendezvous, first orbital docking, first transfer of resources between craft, first tandem EVA and the first crew transfer. here you can see them on EVA in the process of swapping craft for the deorbit. this small probe was supposed to land on Eve, however I screwed up the encounter and decided that instead of waiting around for another chance I would repurpose the probe for something else. that something else was a Sun dive. this plane is something I am very proud of. not only does it look cool (imo) and fly great, it achieved probably my greatest accomplishment in the game: circumnavigation of Kerbin. all legit, only used part clipping.

I actually got a ton of stuff done while the forums were down. I made for first landing on a celestial body other than Kerbin, which was of course the Mun. also managed a safe return. very happy about that. I then made a landing and return from Minmus (easier than my Mun landing). I then completed my first docking, which I was frickin ecstatic about. and then I put my first space station in orbit, which really was just the stock space station core they give you in the game as a test. already building my replacement station in the VAB and then I will deorbit the old station. after relieving the crew of course. I don't like dead Kerbals.