The Apollo Grand Tour

[CaptainPanda]

 

The Apollo Grand Tour

 

 

The History: In July of 1969, Project Apollo became the first manned space program to land a human being on the Moon; Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the lunar module Eagle at the Sea of Tranquility. Their momentous achievement was followed by five other successful landings, culminating with the landing of Apollo 17 in December of 1972. In all, six missions landed upon the surface of the Moon, and only 12 human beings have ever walked upon it.

 

The Challenge: Plant a flag at each of the six sets of coordinates upon the Mun (with minimal deviation) that correspond to the six Apollo landing sites:

Apollo 11: Sea of Tranquility - 0^o 42' 6" N, 22^o 44' 45" E

Apollo 12: Ocean of Storms - 3^o 0' 44" S, 23^o 25' 17" W

Apollo 14: Fra Mauro Highlands - 3^o 38' 43" S, 17^o 28' 17" W

Apollo 15: Hadley Rille/Appenine Mountains - 26^o 7' 56" N, 3^o 38' 2" E

Apollo 16: Descartes Highlands - 8^o 58' 23" S, 15^o 30' 0" E

Apollo 17: Taurus-Littrow Valley - 20^o 11' 27" N, 30^o 46' 18" E

 

The Rules: Like Project Apollo, each landing must be completed by its own mission.

Stock and modded installs are allowed.

MechJeb is allowed to locate your target landing site, but all landings must be done manually.

Each lander must carry 2 Kerbals, and both must set foot upon the surface of the Mun, for a total of 12.

All missions must return safely to Kerbin.

 

The Gold Standard Tour (Bonus Challenges): Complete all of the following to complete the Gold Standard Tour:

1: Use a FASA, BlueDog or KW Rocketry Apollo-Saturn V to complete each mission.

2: Leave an ALSEP package on the surface at each landing site.

3: Build or bring a rover to the landing sites of Apollo 15, 16 and 17

 

'We choose to go to the moon!'

- John F. Kennedy

 

GOOD LUCK, AND GODSPEED

 

Also, if anyone would be willing to create patches for the Grand Tour and the Gold Standard Tour, I would be most appreciative.

Edited October 29, 2017 by CaptainPanda

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(willing to create a patch)

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@CaptainPanda

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Flag/Patch

Your welcome.