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Hello, I am making this thread to post all my current and future mission pictures, for as long as I am sending Kerbals, Debris and Kerballed Debris throughout the inner and outer Solar System. In reverse chronological order, the following document what I have been doing. If anyone has any recommendations for good spots to visit (especially in RSS) point me in the right direction - I suspect there are many hidden gems within the trillions of available square kilometers. Triton Lander One place which I have never managed to visit was Neptune's moon Triton. Renowned as the coldest measured place in the solar system, the only large retrograde moon and as cryovolcanically active, it is said that the gentle slops host the best skiing in the Solar System! (Carl Sagan). The gravity is light (about half of the Moons), and the atmosphere is thin enough to not necessitate any protection. The only minor issue is getting there. KSP's contract generator insisted that I make it to Neptune (and therefore Triton) within 15 years of launch. I decided to accept the challenge, as it paid out more than a million in Funds which mostly financed the mission. I knew that I would need at least 30 km/s of Delta-V. After designing the launcher stage, I realized that I sorely missed the Hangar Extended mod. Long story short, the image below displays what I put into the pre-transfer parking orbit. The vessel massed about 3000 tons, with 24000 m/s of delta-v in the tanks. The launch margin was the remaining 435 m/s, which was not usable due to the SSMEs being single ignition. Launcher Details: Stage 1: 42 RD-170s Stage 2: 40 SSMEs Stage 3: 12 J2-X Stage 4: 3 J2-X Stage 5: 5 Aestus-II Stage 6: 12 1KN Thrusters In the future, remind me to use smaller rockets. KSP barely managed to load the vessel, and the Launchpad exploded under the weight of the ship. Thankfully, it made it into orbit. To get to Neptune in a reasonable amount of time, a transfer orbit was fairly useless. It would only require about 8 km/s, but takes 40 years! Thankfully, Mechjeb has a porkchop plot which let me select the optimal launch time and trajectory to get me to Neptune in under 15 Years. I ended up needing about 11.5 km/s - I budgeted for 13.5, meaning that I did over-design my rocket. It might be useful for Pluto though, due to the larger amount of delta-v needed to enter orbit (no oberth effect due to Pluto's small mass). After 13 years, a couple course corrections, a plane change and about 5000 m/s worth of orbital maneuvering, I made it to Triton's SOI. I matched Triton's plane on approach to Neptune, then set my Perapsis to about 15000 KM. I burned there to enter orbit, and closed an Apoapsis at about twice Triton's orbital height. Then, I raised my PE to near Triton's orbit and corrected my orbit to get a fairly quick encounter. Due to Triton's low density, it already appears larger than Neptune even at the very edge of its SOI! My maneuvering allowed me to approach at a fairly low velocity, making an orbital insertion fairly simple. Below is the view after inserting into a roughly 450x450 km polar orbit (scansat FTW). I liked the atmospheric haze illuminated by the shrunken sun. I am glad I brought RTGs - I would need a football field worth of solar panels to turn on my avionics. I stayed in this orbit for a couple months until I got 100% surface coverage. One more orbital picture, showing Neptune highlighted against Triton's limb. In KSP it is quite well lit even at this distance from the sun, and appears about 4 times larger than the Earth would from the Moon. Finally, I landed on Triton's Flatlands. I noticed that I had a chance to catch a solar eclipse - sadly KSP just showed the sun shining through Neptune so I decided to wait and get the "Diamond Ring" effect instead. The atmosphere also seems a lot thicker than I expected, appearing to be extremely optically dense considering its pressure. I checked my instrument readings - it seems like there is about 10 times as much air as there should be. Triton's atmosphere is about 1/70000th that of Earth (14 microbar) which would be 0.0014 KPA. Also, it is about 100 degrees warmer! I guess there was some global warming since Voyager 2 passed by. Either way, this is what I got from Triton. I suspect the RSS developers have not gotten this far out yet with detailed biome/texturing, which makes sense since most players would likely go to Mars or the Moon and do base/station missions as opposed to just throwing probes around. Finally, an older shot from a concurrent Kerballed mission - The first moon landing in this career! I had a mothership with a science lab in orbit (docking is a pain in the cheeks!) and used the 2-person lander can provided in RP-0. I used a single-engine + drop tank configuration, as the Aestus engine is very powerful and efficient compared to the original Apollo equipment. It was a bit tricky to land without throttling - I ended up hitting the surface at about 5 m/s and bouncing a few feet. Next up is trying to land a science lab. That will require a large rocket, especially if I want to be able to bring the crew back! I will post any future missions as additions to this OP - thanks to anyone who read this thread and feel free to share your own KSP adventures either here or elsewhere!