Orbit around Minmus and land using jetpack

[nolimit]

This task involves two challenges.

First:

1. Land the ship (or just a single capsule module) on the surface of Minmus;

2. Get into circular orbit using only EVA jetpack (try to get orbit as much as possible approaches to perfectly circular on maximum altitude, but remember that you have to get back and land safely);

3. Do one lap around the Minmus;

4. Land as close as possible to your ship (alive of course).

Second:

1. Get the ship into low orbit around Minmus and free capsule, also land the ship on the surface of Minmus (you can use one from previous challenge);

2. Get from surface into orbit using EVA jetpack and intercept the orbiting ship. Get in the capsule to reload fuel in your jetpack;

3. Land a kerbalnaut as close as possible to your ship on the surface using jetpack.

(You can swap the last two paragraphs if you want, then you\'ll need to reload in the surface ship)

Here\'s my attempt:

Fafnir

Fenrir

First challenge:

Bill always faces challenges with smile on his face

Get on suborbital trajectory

Getting into the almost circular orbit with apogee 6306m

with more than 50% fuel left

And now it\'s time to take sun bath

This is my favorite shot

One lap almost done and now it\'s time to slow down

About 200m to target

And perfect landing. Ok, maybe not that perfect but he\'s alive and distance to ship is only 15.4m

Now you can rest Bill

Second challenge:

Your turn Jeb

Getting into elliptical orbit

and it\'s only 7 and half kilometrs to target

time to orbital plane corrections

correcting apogee and perigee altitudes, now i only have to wait

And i missed it ;D

Not a big deal, after some burns Jeb is in 1km from the ship

Getting closer

And now i can refuel and wait for a good position for landing

Time to jump off the ship and slow down

Perfect landing! I knew this platform wasn\'t just for look. ;D

The moment of triumph. Now Bill and Jeb just have to wait for Bob to rescue them.

[Stogas]

Awesome! I\'ll try these challenges soon, since I already have a Minmus Research Center landed there

Though I will have to bring some more kerbals, since I don\'t want to kill my best scientists..

[fong]

Stogas, Whoa, that is an awesome research station!

Nolimit, I\'m looking forward to trying your challenge. But I suck at orbit rendezvous

[Stogas]

Warning: Lots of pictures ahead!

^{I like to fully document my missions..}

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Preparations for the challenges:

The Minmus Research Center has been supplied with fresh kerbals!

Photo of the supply vehicle leaving:

Empty capsule images:

The Free capsule ship in assembly

Launch

Capsule pass-by over MRC during orbital maneuvers

After dumping the heavy-duty transfer stage on a collision course, I noticed a design flaw: I forgot to incorporate fuel lines to my engine - no biggie, I just used my RCS to fine-tune the orbit

Deployment and pilot landing:

Jump backwards (for those who do not know, holding shift, (optional: a WASD key,) and pressing spacebar will jump)

Landing:

Aaaaand touchdown..

Prepare to make room for an another kerbal guys!

Perfect 6km orbit, just above the highest mountains of Minmus, and course is above MRC

First challenge:

Getting on the tower for maximum jump efficiency

Overshot a bit, fixing

My kerbal sunbathed too, though I think he likes his buttocks crisped more

Approach

Ouch..

Well Gregel, you have a looong way to walk... At least you\'re alive

I will probably keep him there till I deliver a Minmus buggy to the station in a few days.. (My space program schedule is very tight, as you can see)

Second challenge:

Start

Waiting for the perfect time to launch..

Some technical difficulties..

I was unable to get a non-scientist kerbal out in time for the first pass

Success! And I was just too late for the second pass

Third time\'s the charm..

Ascent

Here goes!

Perfect height

Orbiting

Perfect offset everywhere, the same gap between orbits

Visual contact

Boarding

Getting close..

*grab*

Aboard the GHOST-1

'Cannot warp faster..' >

Descent

Time to get out

He just BEGGED me to get this picture, so he can send a postcard to his kids:

Landing

Look ma! No hands!

Let\'s pretend that didn\'t happen....... :

Challenges completed, no more editing for this post.

[nolimit]

Stogas, Awesome research station! First challenge completed perfectly. I can\'t wait to see the report of the rendezvous.

[Stogas]

I thought you\'d like to know that Greggel has been rescued, he\'s alive and well.

Group photo transmitted shortly after the delivery of the prototype 'Minbus':

[Awaras]

Very fun challenge.

First I deorbited the pilot of my orbiter and landed around 1 km away from my lander.

Then I decided to send all three kerbals from my lander up to the orbiter. I would send one up, refuel his RCS and then let him drift next to the orbiter while I send the next one up.

I \'launched\' one of them from minmus too late and ended up chasing the orbiting craft for half an orbit. Finally grabbed the ladder with around 8% backpack RCS fuel left.

[nolimit]

After a long research, our scientists have discovered a new method of delivering kerbonaut to orbit. It\'s a little outside the rules of this challenge, but I made ??the rules, so I can change them. =P

After a successful mission of Bill and Jeb, Bob get them back home. But he left with a feeling that his role in the mission was too small. So he began to plan another test, where his role would be more significant. And he started to study physics, especially Kewton\'s third law, which sounds like: 'Don\'t stand under the rocket engine!' Therefore, Bob has developed The Gravitation Research Center.

After some researches he decided to make an early report of the mission

Bob took the position and waits for a signal from Bill

Bill and Jeb cut off the flow of the main engine and turn on test engines.

Jump...

...and takeoff!

And it is not even a maximum throttle

After a couple of tries and some corrections, Bob get to circular orbit

With almost full tank of fuel left!

[Stogas]

After a long research, our scientists have discovered a new method of delivering kerbonaut to orbit.

Revolutionary! I MUST try this, it would be a great addition to my Research Center, which is starting to become more of a Research Base..

[Jarnis]

That is the most epic thing ever... I sense lots of Kerbal-based experimentation involving rocket engines in the future... with poor test subjects ending in unrecoverable orbits in deep space...

[Stogas]

Nolimit, have you though of posting a similar challenge, but based in Mun? Minmus was fairly easy, especially on the second challenge, due to the low gravity.

I\'m asking, since the development phase of my 'Mun Research Center' is nearing completion:

Edit: Updated ver:

[FriedMunCake]

You know, the second challenge is probably the most efficient rescue system, except you just head for Kerbin when you get in.

[illectro]

I did this a while ago - it\'s the landing/returning using EVA only.

As for the Mun, it\'s not possible to reach orbital velocity using the fuel budget on the EVA suit unless you can pick up some kind of boost from a bounce.

[pushingrobot]

I did this a while ago - it\'s the landing/returning using EVA only.

As for the Mun, it\'s not possible to reach orbital velocity using the fuel budget on the EVA suit unless you can pick up some kind of boost from a bounce.

Heh, I was just in the process of making those same two stunts into challenges. Your bouncing-on-the-Mun idea is interesting, though I\'m not sure it would save more fuel than it wastes reorienting yourself each time. I\'ve been leaping from moving rovers to craft in low orbit, and that works well.