how to get command pod out of orbit

[trymath]

ok, so i have a mk1-2 command pod in space with no fuel and it is stuck up there, how would i get it down?

[Scarecrow88]

If it has a docking port, you could rendezvous and refuel it. Failing that I guess you are looking at some sort of mod that allows refuelling without docking, or editing the persist file to fill it up again. The convoluted way, without resorting to mods or cheating, would be to build a ship with some sort of grabber or bucket, and bring it down with that.

[Cranium]

Build an ICBM.

Knock that sucker out of the air. More fun for everyone. (except the brave Kerbalnauts)

[Colonel_Panic]

Build an ICBM.

Knock that sucker out of the air. More fun for everyone. (except the brave Kerbalnauts)

lol

This does not work.

One way to do it is to send a retrieval ship up to collect and de-orbit it. If the module doesn't have a parachute, you may want to transfer your kerbals to another ship first by having them EVA to it at a rendezvous.

Here's a ship you can use to catch and de-orbit if you want http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/29958-7R45H-CN-and-7R45H-7RK-The-solution-to-your-debris-problem!

[Sᴄɪɴᴛɪʟʟᴀᴛᴏʀ]

You could design a rescue craft using inverted landing legs as a claw to grab the capsule and return it to Kerbin.

[OUScooby]

The easiest way would be to send up a ship with an empty hitch hiker module rendezvous with your standing capsule and EVA your Kerbanuats over to the rescue ship and land it. Then just end flight on you capsule.

[Typhor]

For future reference, a couple Sepatrons on the side is usually enough to de orbit a capsule. Or you could take your Kerbin out and fly him to the nearest ship

[SDIR]

You can use a space junk cargo bay to capture it (if your pod is small enough) and bring it back after capturing it, or put it on a sub-orbital trajectory and then open and release the pod again.

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/lsi-spacejunk-cargo-bay/

[Bunzmaster]

If you do happen to send a rescue vehicle up there to grab the Pilot(s), can you push the abandoned module out of orbit with the thrust of the rescue vehicles engines?

[UmbralRaptor]

If the command pod has a parachute,

[J0hnsmine]

I would use infinite fuel.