Science

[Hank82]

When using the science Junior to collect science do you have to bring it back to Kerbal, or do you need to bring it back with you to collect the science?

[AHHans]

Hi @Hank82, welcome to the Forums.

The Science Junior (which is also called the materials bay in some career-mode contracts) works essentially like all the other experiments: when you run it, then it will generate "experiment results". To actually earn the science you need to get them to the KSC. This can either be done by transmitting them via radio - which will give only part of the maximum possible results - or you need to recover the results on Kerbin. The latter can be done by recovering the Science Junior itself on Kerbin, or by transferring the results from the the Science Junior to another part that is then in turn recovered.   This transfer can either be done by using an Experiment Storage Unit and collecting all science results on the vessel into that storage, or by using a Kerbal on EVA that is close to the Science Junior, right-clicking on the Science Junior, and grabbing the results (the data) from there. That way you can use any command capsule to store science experiments.