SarnEx Manned Mission to Ovok & Hale (Picture Heavy)

[nsgallup]

SarnEx Liftoff!

Dropping boosters

Transfer to Sarnus

Lining up Ovok Encounter

"That's one big egg" -Jeb

"This wasn't in the mission briefing!" -Jeb after discovering how "smooth" the surface of Ovok was

Sarn Set

"Riding the Rings" Eeloo is visible in the background

Jeb managed to find a flat landing spot between the spiky hills, but he realized Bill forgot to bolt on the landing gear!

Luckily the low gravity means the lack of landing gear is not a big deal

Looks like RCS fuel and nozzles were also forgotten, docking took about 5 attempts

Approaching Hale

Jeb decided that it would be easier to land the whole ship with the extremely low gravity, instead of going through another frustrating docking debacle

Jeb calculated he had time for a couple pictures before the ship tipped over

Jumping kilometers

Ascending from Hale

Saying goodbye to Sarnus

SarnEx prepares to gravity turn around the Kerbin for a Mun encounter

Docking with MunSS for future refueling and reuse

Good to be home

Edited July 10, 2015 by nsgallup

[Geschosskopf]

Very pretty scenery. Is this the Outer Planets mod or one of the others?

And how long did the trip take?

[Yukon0009]

What visual mods do you use? I've been wanting a brighter Mun for ages.

[nsgallup]

Very pretty scenery. Is this the Outer Planets mod or one of the others?

And how long did the trip take?

The planet, and moons (among others) are from OPM, the visuals are from astronomers visual pack using EVE.

Edit: It was an 11 year journey

[Landwalker]

The planet, and moons (among others) are from OPM, the visuals are from astronomers visual pack using EVE.

Edit: It was an 11 year journey

I assume that's Astronomer's Interstellar pack (rather than Edge of Oblivion)?

Very pretty, and very awesome trip. SarnEx is a helluva rocket.

[nsgallup]

I assume that's Astronomer's Interstellar pack (rather than Edge of Oblivion)?

Very pretty, and very awesome trip. SarnEx is a helluva rocket.

Indeed it is interstellar, just wait for UrlumEx!

Edited July 10, 2015 by nsgallup