First space station! Chapter 1: Pioneer

[Jeb x Valentina]

Hello kerbonauts! Recently I decidad to start a new sandbox save to take a break from my career after an unsuccessful mun intercept due to the lack of maneuver nodes unlocked.

I also tried to do a mun mission in the sandbox save but well...

 

My next idea was to build a large space station in LKO with a mining module, lab, etc.

And so the process begun!

Here are some of the mission's early stages, from the construction of the module and the SSTO that took it to orbit:

Spoiler

In the VAB

Launchpad

Liftoff!

Gravity turn

Orbital maneuver

Decoupling

Deploying

Turning lights on

In the end, this is what it looked like:

I hope you enjoyed reding!

Coming up next week I'll leunch a mun orbiter and the "Ampere" service module!