First rescue mission: rescue vessel from LKO

[lugge]

Hi folks,

ok, the situation is this:

I have Valentina orbiting the Mun. She is in a small vessel with a bunch of experiments done on Mun's surface. Her vessel has enough fuel to get back to a LKO.

But... her vessel lacks a parachute! Yes, I'm new to the merging system and when setting up her vessel somehow the parachute got forgotten...

The 909-Terrier engine wont support a nice landing on Kerbal either.

I know it's possible to rescue her, altough I've never done a rendezvous (expect in the tutorial scenario).

This was my second munshot, and Jeb got back from his first Minmus flight an hur ago.

So, I don't want to give up the science Valentina has on her vessel.

Is there a way to rescue her whole vessel?

Maybe shoot up a ship with a bunch of parachutes and get her vessel caught with some kind of legs?

Regards!

[KSK]

Hi folks,

ok, the situation is this:

I have Valentina orbiting the Mun. She is in a small vessel with a bunch of experiments done on Mun's surface. Her vessel has enough fuel to get back to a LKO.

But... her vessel lacks a parachute! Yes, I'm new to the merging system and when setting up her vessel somehow the parachute got forgotten...

The 909-Terrier engine wont support a nice landing on Kerbal either.

I know it's possible to rescue her, altough I've never done a rendezvous (expect in the tutorial scenario).

This was my second munshot, and Jeb got back from his first Minmus flight an hur ago.

So, I don't want to give up the science Valentina has on her vessel.

Is there a way to rescue her whole vessel?

Maybe shoot up a ship with a bunch of parachutes and get her vessel caught with some kind of legs?

Regards!

No need to save her vessel - she can retrieve the science data from her capsule whilst on EVA (right click on capsule, take data). So you can just rendezvous with your rescue craft and have her carry the science across. Good luck!