(Photo sequence/Story) - Kerbin's First man in space.

[VincentMcConnell]

Of course, this is not my first space-flight, but sometimes, I clear my persistence files and pretend that I\'m flying the first mission of Kerbal\'s into space. I hope this isn\'t too many photos, and they kind of tell the story of Jeb\'s mission. I hope all of you will have the patience to read and view. Enjoy.

Merkury Capsule in the Vertical Assembly Building.

Merkury Capsule has been mated with the Launch Escape Tower Assembly and is being suspended by cables to avoid damage to the engines from the extra weight.

Merkury Capsule is mater with the actual booster that will shoot it into space.The Birchwood missile.

Merkury Capsule and Birchwood booster on the pad, ready for liftoff with a count of 20 minutes. This time is used very wisely to go over all of the systems on the spacecraft, ensure that everything is in place and working perfectly, get a good launch window and allow time for recovery forces to get to the prime zone.

Kerbin viewed from a weather satellite on the day of the launch. Everything looks very clear.

Commander Jeb Kerman in his Merkury capsule, anticipating the call for liftoff and very busy with his pre-flight checkouts.

Final shot of the missile before liftoff.

Lift off of Merkury/Birchwood II!

Merkury/Birchwood II has cleared the tower!

A nice shot of the sun above the rocket as the sky gradually turns darker.

Merkury/Birchwood II is well above the launch facility now and looking OK on all systems.

Commander Jeb Kerman is taking the mission pretty nicely, it seems.

The pitch program to extend the downrange trajectory of the sub-orbital flight has started.

Launch Escape Tower Motor Ignition.

Launch Escape Tower separation.

CAPSEP (Capsule Separation) and the Merkury Capsule and Jeb Kerman are experiencing total weightlessness for the next 4 and a half minutes.

The Capsule oriented on a retrograde attitude as it flies through space.

The spacecraft -- as indicated on this map of the trajectory -- is approaching its Apoapsis and traveling downrange on the sub-orbital flight.

Last shot of the capsule floating.

Retrofire sequence engaged. These motors will slow the velocity down to allow a safer and more controlled reentry.

(Booster can be seen!)

Retrofire package drifts away.

Capsule drogue deployment in the lower atmosphere at a velocity of 249 m/s.

Main Chute spread and the rate of descent looks great!

A successful mission for Kerbin\'s first man in space!

[Ascensiam]

This one is a bit tough to categorize, this is not in it\'s essence fanfiction. For the time being, this will be in the GD, no inconvenience is intended.

[VincentMcConnell]

This one is a bit tough to categorize, this is not in it\'s essence fanfiction. For the time being, this will be in the GD, no inconvenience is intended.

There\'s no inconvenience with it being moved. I was thinking about GD, but I wanted to play it safe, put it in fanfiction and then if it had to be moved, it would be.

[Ted]

Haha, I really liked that. I liked the model, is it around the Add-ons board?

Also, GD seems appropriate for this thread, it\'s pretty non-fictional.

[VincentMcConnell]

Haha, I really liked that. I liked the model, is it around the Add-ons board?

All of the parts are floating around. I used some stock stuff, the Kyle and Winston pack, Novapunch, the Russian Moon Rocket pack (Really old) and the Kerpollo pack from GoDammit. You *might* still be able to find that one.

I built the craft myself, though.