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Buran Orbiter Construction Kit | V 0.3.5 Release Candidate 1 | Stockalike Soviet Orbiter Buran Orbiter Construction Kit (or BOCK for short) provides a set of parts to build a Kerbalized version of the Soviet space shuttle orbiter, better known as Buran. This mod is largely based on benjee10's Shuttle Orbiter Construction Kit, without which it basically wouldn't exist. This is my first parts mod for KSP and I tried my best to provide the highest quality mod possible, now available for everyone to enjoy! Key features: Highly detailed Soviet Orbiter parts in a stockalike style at Kerbal scale Switchable Orbiter names & decals 2.5m diameter payload bay Best suited for 2.5X scale Kerbin, but will work fine with stock scale IMPORTANT: This mod DOES NOT include the Energia launcher, you will need TantaresLV in order to build it. It's not a dependency because it's perfectly possible to build a suitable launcher from stock parts! Screenshots: Users screenshots: Download: Dev version on GitHub Dependencies: Shuttle Orbiter Construction Kit, including Buran cockpit and OMS pod (found under Extras folder on SOCK's GitHub) B9PartSwitch Waterfall HabTechProps Benjee10 Shared Assets Tantares Credits: hugoraider: 3D and textures work benjee10: animation JadeOfMaar: animation galopujacyjez: flags and decals Beale: Tantares textures

Амина Although I've done this already, I've decided to do a new original Mir-inspired station for a story. June 1984 A meeting leads to a consideration of a space station, Sure, they had Salyut, but they needed something better. Salyut stations were becoming old, and most had become catastrophic failures. They had even lost Salyut 7 a few weeks prior to the meeting, so it wasn't helping the situation. August 1984 Another meeting is held, however this time its about a new space station. Do they do another singular launch station? Or do they do something better? One of the members in the meeting thinks for a minute, and then comes up with an idea. "How about we build a modular space station? We launch modules and then we assemble them in orbit over a certain period of time." The room goes quiet, before the meeting leader decides to think about it. "That isn't a bad idea. I'll take that into consideration." A few hours later, the meeting ends. The idea begins to become a concept. December 1984 The first module begins construction. Its design has 5 ports on the front, and 1 port on the rear for Прогресс spacecraft to dock with it later. Its design, although simple, has enough sustainability for a crew for up to a month. April 1985 The first module has been finished. Its life support systems include basic water filtering, oxygen filters which rely on a small amount of water. It had a gyroscope for easy stabilisation, RCS thrusters, 2 small fuel tanks, and a backup generator in case of any inboard electrical failures. It begins to be loaded onto a Протон-К rocket, and within 2 days its ready to be launched. April 22nd, 1985 The Протон rocket is in its final seconds up into launch, 3, 2, 1! It begins its ascent into the atmosphere, planned to be put into an orbit of ~105km. It will be boosted later to an orbit of ~115km. First stage separation, second stage engines lit. Fairing separation a few seconds after the second stage is lit. A few minutes later, the second stage separates and the third stage is lit. A few seconds later, the third stage is disconnected. The core module is now in orbit. The module experiences no issues during deployment. Its antennas, systems, radiators and solar panels deploy.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- СОВЕТСКИЕ НОВОСТИ Soviet News | September 24,2020 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey, You Want VGA Graphics In This photo? Here: VGA Version Photo Munakhod-A Rover Lands On The Mun! Just Now USSR Announce Successful Landing Of The Munakhod-A Rover On The Mun, Currently as Of 2:03 PM The Rover Is Exploring And Researching USA fasten on Building A Rover But It Was Too Late, USSR Won The Rover Race To Be Countinued -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fiddling around with Russian spacecraft history... was trying to come up with a list of all known Vostok (non-Zenit) spaceframes and what happened to them. I'm coming up with two missing. To summarize: Firstly, there were two 1KP originally authorized, but Korolev elected not to build the second of these. 1KP(-1) was launched as Korabl-Sputnik 1 on 15 May 1960. There were either four or six 1K craft authorized before moving on to the 3KA version (the man-rated Vostok). 1K-1, carrying dogs Lisichka and Chayka was lost in a launch failure on 28 Jul 1960. 1K-2, carrying dogs Strelka and Belka, flew as Korabl-Sputnik 2 on 20 Aug 1960. 1K-5, carrying dogs Pchelka and Mushka, was launched 1 Dec 1960 and announced as Korabl-Sputnik 3, but was lost upon reentry. 1K-6, carrying dogs Kometka and Shutka, failed to orbit on 22 Dec 1960 (the dogs survived). Korabl-Sputniks 4 and 5, each carrying a mannequin and a dog (Chernushka and Zvezdochka, respectively) followed in early 1961, but these were Vostok 3KA craft. In Chertok's memoirs, Volume 3, he clearly identifies the third and fourth 1K canine flights (1 Dec 60 and 22 Dec 60) as craft numbers 5 and 6. So what happened to spaceframes 1K-3 and 1K-4? If there were unreported launch failures in the September-October 1960 timeframe, that would be right for these two craft (I presume there's not time after the Nedelin disaster that temporarily halted operations, and that the next launch after that was 1K-5), but I haven't seen anything to indicate two failed launches from Baikonur in that timeframe. I see this as leaving three possibilities: 1) There are two unreported launch failures between August and December 1960 that are unaccounted for; or 2) The 1K-3 and 1K-4 craft were Zenit photoreconnaissance precursors and therefore "deeply" buried. (They may not in fact have been launched, if there were technical difficulties, but they still may have been in the Zenit line of development.) or 3) Chertok's numbers "5 and 6" include the two 1KPs (including the never-built one) in the count. Any other possibilities?

THE SOVIET N1 LUNAR LANDER AND LK LUNAR MODULE 1762 parts 1,400 tons 30,000kN thrust (first stage) https://kerbalx.com/He_162/N1-L3-Soviet-Lunar-Lander https://imgur.com/a/k16JP (Quick pics below, and a spoiler with almost the full album, for all pictures, refer to link above, or KerbalX page) Changelog: After release I made a second modification due to a few comments, they are: -Modified first stage to remove a large amount of drag. -Added RCS to the orbital module. -Fairings are now clamshell instead of confetti.