TheKspEngineer Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 (edited) Pioneer III is the first mission with kerbals outside of Kerbins sphere of influence (Pioneer I and II were concepts) It is made out of three spacecraft: -„Bouffi” interplanetary mothership -It has a crew of four who live in a big inflatable hab module -It is propelled by a liquid methane engine -Theres science equipment in it -Its goal is to get the crew and the Grasshopper into Duna orbit and back -„Grasshopper” Ike lander -It is a lander with a crew of two, and a lot of science equipment -It is carried by the Bouffi -It has a probe core for SAS without a pilot -Ikea cargo lander -It is a cargo lander which transports surface science and a rover in a cargo container which can be assembled on Ike's surface -It travels separately from the Bouffi and the Grasshopper and has his own transfer stage Spoiler It's my first interplanetary mission so I hope it goes well. Edited April 23 by TheKspEngineer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKspEngineer Posted April 27 Author Share Posted April 27 (edited) Before the more exciting missions we need to start with more boring ones. Today we are going to get Bobgel T. Kerman and Bill Kerman back from Asteroid Sidke (I named it after a kerbal in Barton papers) with an Aquila spacecraft. The Aphrodite-1B rocket sits on the launchpad. Liftoff, we have a liftoff! Booster sep. First stage sep. Circulization. The second stage performs a Hohmann-transfer. Successful randevou. Bobgel performs an EVA to get into the Aquila. By the time Bill got into the spacecraft the sun has settled. At the periapsis they re-light the Aquila's engine for a deorbit burn. Atmospheric reentry. The chutes have deployed. Splashdown! Another successful mission. Here's a little sneak-peak of the Bouffi Spoiler Edited April 27 by TheKspEngineer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKspEngineer Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 One more boring mission: The return of the crew of Minmus Station Here's the Aquila SB undocking from Minmus station. In the middle you can see the core laboratory, on the left the service module and finally on the top the Mentos-2 Minmus lander. Escape burn from Minmus. Kerbin deorbit burn. The Aquila enters Kerbin's atmosphere. And successful splashdown. Teaser image of the next launch: Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKspEngineer Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 (edited) Today we are going to launch the Bouffi Service Compartment The brand new Aphrodite-5B with the Bouffi SC sits on the max upgraded launchpad. It's six powerful kickback boosters roar to life as the rocket ascends. The boosters separate and the two bobcats and four thuds ignite. First stage separation. Sadly, I forgot to take a picture of the circulization burn. And the Bouffi SC is on a stable orbit around Kerbin. Teaser image for next launch: Spoiler Edited April 29 by TheKspEngineer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKspEngineer Posted May 1 Author Share Posted May 1 Today we are going to launch the Bouffi Crew Compartment on an Aphrodite-5B. Liftoff Booster sep First stage sep (this rocket is absolutely overbuilt for this mission, at this time it had like an apoapsis of 300 km) Circulization burn After getting into orbit the second stage relights it's engine for a Hohmann-transfer. Hard dock confirmed. The CC has docked the SC. In the next mission we are going to get the kerbals on the ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKspEngineer Posted Monday at 06:18 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 06:18 PM (edited) I have brought two kerbals onto the Bouffi and I have inflated the hab module and putted some struts on it to make the docking more rigid. Anyways I might upgrade the Aquila SB with RCS so it can dock more easily to big spacecrafts. I will post on the weekend. Edited Monday at 06:18 PM by TheKspEngineer Bad english Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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