I've began work on my second station after the first one exploded. Is there a way to have a near-perfect equatorial orbit without MechJeb? I can't set Kerbin as the target preventing me from seeing the orbital nodes. Side question: My first space station exploded while trying to retrieve a floating vessel nearby (switched vessels then it blew up). I just docked the fifth module to the station and it was wobbling too much before it exploded. The core is poorly planned and lacked support. I'm still in denial so my question is: did the station explode because of the stress from the wobbling or the number of parts (which I think is well over 500)?