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I'm running a Laythe exploration mission at the moment. My ship is supposed to bring quite much equipment to Laythe and execute a aerobreaking maneuver there. I'm using FAR, so I designed my rocket to be aerodynamically stable. Well, I thought so. That's what happened during the entry into the atmosphere:

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So, everything was fine until the ship started pitching down. That was the most amazing failure I've ever had. The contents of this big fairing are 6 communication satellites, a couple of big kethane drills, a car and some other stuff, that's why it exploded into so many pieces.

So, next time I'll install an airbreak at the rear of my rocket, because the whole load shoudn't be applied to this weak fairing.

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With only the first three things researched on career mode. Landed on Minimus without any guidance systems and minimal parts. The return mechanism consists of the four rockets on the cabin. Took about 5 tries of reloading to "hit" Kerbin.

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shown here is the DeepSpace-2 spacecraft orbiting a newly discovered comet. Ascension, looking like a dirty snowball, has an apoapsis twice the radius of Jool, and grazes the Sun at its periapsis.

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Unfortunately, there was a severe solar storm at the time of transmission and the pictures got a bit corrupted

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Kerbin was hit even worse, this is a transmission from Skylab-5 during time of docking with new crew, as captured on EVA

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but really, somehow these pictures got corrupted in real life, these aren't after-effects

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shown here is the DeepSpace-2 spacecraft orbiting a newly discovered comet. Ascension, looking like a dirty snowball, has an apoapsis twice the radius of Jool, and grazes the Sun at its periapsis.

Unfortunately, there was a severe solar storm at the time of transmission and the pictures got a bit corrupted

Kerbin was hit even worse, this is a transmission from Skylab-5 during time of docking with new crew, as captured on EVA

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but really, somehow these pictures got corrupted in real life, these aren't after-effects

Jeb's been watching Europa Report again. Somebody get him away from the comms station please?

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^ I like the way the Kerbal is just standing there smiling, really cute. :)

Here are two capsule returning from the Mun that were part of the rescue mission. One was empty (from the stranded craft in low Munar orbit), the other was the one the Kerbals were in.

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NOTE! THIS CRAFT IS NOT MINE! I JUST MODIFIED IT! ALL CREDIT GOES TO THIS GUY: http://www.umluex.at/index.php/2013/07/05/ksp-recreating-spaceships-the-origin-300i/

Okay. So this is a Star Citizen 300i replica (actually 325a). I added VTOL capabilities to it.

Takeoff.

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Missiles.

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Approaching VAB

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Der we go.

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Back to the runway!

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Approaching...

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Actually... not the runway... SLOW DOWN BOI!

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Easy...

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Almost...

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TOUCH!

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Construction Worker: "Good news, there was a decoupler left over from that Eve lander build, so the money saved will go into the Kerbmas party"

Engineer: "Oh, okay - I thought we'd ordered the right number, but whatever".

Some time later....

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NOTE! THIS CRAFT IS NOT MINE! I JUST MODIFIED IT! ALL CREDIT GOES TO THIS GUY: http://www.umluex.at/index.php/2013/07/05/ksp-recreating-spaceships-the-origin-300i/

I'm jealous of your pad landing!

In the meantime. Estimates for fuel required for a Eve -> Gilly return mission were a little too accurate. I had planned to save the vessel for another mission but there wasn't enough fuel to circularize.

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[TD]Today the Duna Explorer mission dealt with some shuffling and reconfiguration of the ship. The Sherpa's tug plate -previously mounted inside- was moved to the external hull, and in its place a transport pod was installed. The pod is designed to be carried by the dropship to act as a shuttle for members of the expedition.

The new vehicle bay was launched and sent to replace the original one, which was disengaged and guided under automation to de-orbit safely over the water.

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Once Venture had her new vehicle bay in place, it was time to send up one of the Kurb Burners, now stripped of its quantum struts, and its top Jr dock swapped out for a standard one. Since the dock will be too large to keep in place while the rover is operating, it has been placed on a decoupler, which will be triggered by the dropship upon touchdown at the final delivery location. This modification was performed after it was noted that the Kraken is attracted without exception to quantum struts and jr docking ports on tiny vehicles.

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The delivery vehicle (once again automated) brought the rover to within 400 meters, ensured it was stable next to Venture, and dropped its cargo before firing off to de-orbit.

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The Sherpa dropship was then dispatched to retrieve the rover and bring it back to Venture, to be stowed on one of the drive ring docking ports.

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Careful now... Bob skillfully guides the Sherpa into place, pivoting at the last minute to achieve the proper carrying orientation for the rover's design.

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Capture! Sherpa reports back all systems nominal, control authority functional and stable. The Kurb Burner doesn't look very graceful, sandwiched between those two big honking ports, but those will be disposed of, once Venture reaches Duna and the rovers are finally delivered to the research site.

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Time to turn 'n burn. On the short return hop, Bob tested the Sherpa's handling characteristics while loaded, and discovered the controls responded as smartly and smoothly as ever. The rover's weight was negligible as far as Sherpa's powerful maneuvering systems were concerned.

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Stowage delivery and lockdown was completed as smartly and smoothly as the initial rendezvous. Rover 1 was in place and ready for the trip.

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Sherpa separated from the rover as simply as expected, to return to its berth and await the arrival of the second Kurb Burner; the final component of the Duna Explorer mission.

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Duna Explorer, comprised of:

  • IPEV 104-2C "Venture" vehicle bay and drive section
  • Cardinal deploy-able ground research station
  • "Journeyman" crew housing, supply storage and drive ring
  • "Kurb Burner" mobile science vehicle (additional vehicle to arrive within the day)

Mission details to-date

  • Parts: 566 (+78 with the arrival of the final vehicle)
  • Tonnage: 217.49t
  • Crew: 5 (Commander, navigator, Sherpa pilot, mission specialists)
  • Crew time on-orbit: 7 days, 10 hours, 23 minutes
  • Time remaining until departure: 3 days, 12 hours, 19 minutes

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Thats an incredibly beautiful ship. Very aesthetically pleasing.

Why, thank you! Funny thing is, she wasn't designed for looks at all, it all just sort of turned out that way once I started putting the bits together.

Fear not though, she'll be back to looking a little odd soon enough, once the mission arrives at Duna. :D

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