First successful mun landing and return!!

[Artelusify]

Pretty happy at this accomplishment took me several tries

This time I was pretty lucky to get a landing in the sunlit munar surface.

When I returned though I was nearly out of fuel (just a little over half a tank). Once I began my Kerbin orbit deceleration, I saw on the map that I was bound for Munar again capture and panicked because I ran out of fuel. But I was going so fast that I was thrown back out of the moon in a path back to Kerbin, which was pretty lucky.

The first mission I opened my parachute too fast, with my craft entering atmo at around 2000 m/s, and it ripped off.

In another mission I had to land in the dark, and couldn\'t see how high the 'actual' surface was.

Here\'s the .craft I used if anyone is interested:

http://deslee.me/~desmond/Des%20Lander%202.craft

I used the NovaPunch and the Kosmos parts pack.

[sal_vager]

Good work Artelusify, congratulations on reaching the Mun and getting back alive

[Toff]

Well done Artelusify.

I\'m still learning how to get there. I did once get close, but not with a landing capable ship. I\'m about to try again, I\'ll screenshot mine if I make it.

[Capt'n Skunky]

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[Artelusify]

Woo! Here\'s a lander I made with only stock parts

It\'s a little crazy looking though, with 25 rockets firing at takeoff

Tip: Don\'t do your gravity turn until you decouple the 12 solid boosters and the 12 bottom rockets stage