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KAPOLLO 1 - To the Mun and back to Kerbin

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KAPOLLO 1 is the first Kerballed Munar landing mission of my umpteenth career. I chose this name because I took some technical inspiration from the Apollo Mission while building the rocket. The Word Kapollo can be interpreted as Kerbal Apollo or Kind of Apollo.. it doesn't make much difference :P

Anyway,,,,

Here's THE ROCKET!

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Standing on the Launchpad in all its glory

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WE HAVE LIFTOFF!

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2nd Stage

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3rd Stage

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Escape Tower Separation:

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KAPOLLO 1 is now in low Kerbin orbit and go for TMI

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Trans Munar Injection - We have Ignition!

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Trans Munar Injection complete. KAPOLLO I is on its way to the Mun:

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Drum roll... 

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We have 3rd stage and lander separation:

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Docking in progress....

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Docking complete!

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Munar Orbit Insertion

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KAPOLLO I is now in Low Munar Orbit

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Kerbonaut Jebediah Kerman moved into the lander can and we have separation:

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Deorbit Maneuver:

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Almost there... 

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A small jump for a Kerbal (I couldn't step sorry, I forgot the ladder) a giant leap for Kerbalkind!

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Experiments are done, the flag is planted... everything is GO for ignition:

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Lift off!

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Astronaut Jebediah Kerman is now in Low Munar Orbit again, waiting for the rendezvou with the KSM piloted by Kerbonauts Valentina and Bob Kerman

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Docking in progress:

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Docking Complete and Kerbonaut Jebediah Kerman returned to the KSM safe and sound / Return Burn in progress (Sorry i made this picture at the end of the burn... thrust was very low and plume is barely visible :) )

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Goodbye Mun!

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Lander Separation

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Kerbin is very close now the Kerbonauts are GO for the reentry procedure:

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KSM separation

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Reentry burn in progress! You can see the separated stage exploding in the background

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Reentry Burn completed:

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Parachutes Deployed....

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Touchdown!

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The Kerbonaut team returned to Kerbin safe and sound. KAPOLLO 1 mission was a great success! 

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Thank you for your time everyone! I hope you liked it!

Epox 

 

 

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