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Tylo Manned landing/return Mission MKII (photo heavy)

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Jamie Logan

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This was my second Tylo landing and return mission. The entire interplanetary vessel was launched in four parts and assembled in LKO. The mission also required the launch of two refueling tankers to replenish the fuel supplies in the drive system tank, totaling in six launches for the whole mission. I designed each component of the vessel to be modular to allow any desired docking arrangement to be possible, provided fuel cross-feed is functioning properly.

Launch One: the Drive System tank

Launch Two: the Drive System engines

Launch Three and Four: the Refueling tankers

Launch Five: the Lander

Launch Six: the Crew Module

Vehicles on the launch pad:

Launch One: the Drive System tank

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Launch Two: the Drive System engines

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Launch Three and Four: the Refueling tankers

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Launch Five: the Lander

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Launch Six: the Crew Module

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Mission Photos:

Drive System fuel tank, already launched into orbit

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Rendezvousing and docking the Drive System Engine

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Rendezvousing and docking the first of two refueling tankers

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Rendezvousing and docking the lander

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Lastly, rendezvousing and docking the Crew Module

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Heading off to Jool!!!

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Aerocapture in Jool's atmosphere

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Tylo Encounter

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Tylo orbital capture/circularization

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EVAing Jeb and Bill over to lander

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Still using rover seats to cut down on weight

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Piloting the Crew Module with Bob still inside into a lower orbit to await Jeb and Bill returning from the surface to rendezvous a few days later

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Disconnecting all of the parts to get rid of the empty Drive System tank prior to landing

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Deorbiting the empty Drive System tank using RCS

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Seconds before impact

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Starting deorbit burn for landing using Drive System engines

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Getting rid of the Drive System engines and quickly pitching around 180 degrees to ignite lander engine

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Final landing descent!!!

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Landed!!!

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Launching back into orbit. discarded landing stages can be seen in background

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Rendezvousing with Bob/Crew Module, EVAing back in

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Ditching the lander and large docking ports

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Deorbiting lander with leftover fuel

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Seconds before impact

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Leaving Tylo

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Dropping into a tight Jool Periapsis before making the interplanetary transfer burn

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Leaving Joolian system

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Home at last!!!

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Please comment with suggestions on future missions.

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Chozo Nomad

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Very nice! I've only been to Duna so far.

I have tried and failed returning from Eve many times. nothing I ever land on the surface ever has enough Delta-v to get more than a few Km up before falling back down.

An idea I have for that is an Ion driven space plane that is landed near one of Eve's poles. It would be solar powered and you could keep it exposed to sunlight by corkscrewing upwards in the atmosphere. Just a thought.

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Neotician

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Very impressive job :)

Question: how does the large docking ports handle? I used to make multipart ships using the 3-way splitter and using 3 docking ports per "join", experienced a lot of wobbling during acceleration tho :/

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Jamie Logan

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I LOVE the new large ports. they hold up very well. However, they don't hold up as well as something like this:

but It's not enough of an advantage for me to really want to do lots of bulky quadruple dockings in orbit

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Giggleplex777

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Woah I love your design! I just wanted to go with a bigger design for this ship. I might try a lightweight/nuclear powered landing at some point. why do you say "almost return"?

I wasted lots of fuel while landing so my Kerbals couldn't get back to orbit.

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