How to Rescue Kerbal from Orbit?

[zhollett]

Quick answer: Get close enough (2.3km) that you can switch to the person to be rescued by pressing "[" or "]", then EVA if they are in a craft, then press "R" and guide them back to your waiting craft

So Janlinne is orbiting the Mun, and I'm 995.4m away.

I switch over to Janlinne, and do an EVA, but my only options are to board my broken hulk again, I have no option to let go or turn on RCS or move in any manner.

What am I missing here? What do I have to do to rescue this person?

Thanks.

Re-Loaded the game, all is well.

DOH!

Self answered question.

Edited May 1, 2015 by zhollett

[Capt. Hunt]

I'd suggest practicing with EVAs before trying one of these missions, they can be hard to master. What you need to do is tap space to get her to let go of the ladder. Once the kerbonaut is free floating tap R to activate the thruster pack. Maneuvering on EVA is the tricky part, but you can use the WASD keys as well as the left shift and ctrl keys to control the thrusters. Also, point the Kerbonaut at the target by aiming the camera and tapping W, the Kerbonaut will automatically turn to face whatever you're looking at. Another pointer is don't mash down on the movement keys, just like with space ships, a touch of thrust goes a long way, burning too long will just mean more thrusting to slow down later.

[zhollett]

I'd suggest practicing with EVAs before trying one of these missions, they can be hard to master. What you need to do is tap space to get her to let go of the ladder. Once the kerbonaut is free floating tap R to activate the thruster pack. Maneuvering on EVA is the tricky part, but you can use the WASD keys as well as the left shift and ctrl keys to control the thrusters. Also, point the Kerbonaut at the target by aiming the camera and tapping W, the Kerbonaut will automatically turn to face whatever you're looking at. Another pointer is don't mash down on the movement keys, just like with space ships, a touch of thrust goes a long way, burning too long will just mean more thrusting to slow down later.

Thanks Capt. Hunt

I'm old hat at this game so that info isn't new to me, but I greatly appreciate having your answer and the level of detail you went into, that is surely a great service and deserves to be in this Q&A Section.

My specific problem was there was some sort of bug with the "R" key not turning on RCS, and since I had not done a rescue mission in a while, I was flustered that something may had changed in 1.0 and I didnt know about it. I re-loaded the game and switched to Janlinne, pressed "R" and her RCS turned on, rescued moments later.

Again, thanks for the information.