[Picture Heavy] KAAST Mission Log

[AustralianFries]

Mission: Axis 7

Mission Objective: Launch Tronix into LKO and test all RCS systems.

Launch Vehicle: LV6D ~ A highly tested launch vehicle that includes 21 LV-T30 Liquid Fuel Engines and 11 Rockomax X200-32 Liquid Fuel Tanks. The 8 radial engine stacks feed into the main stack with 4 FTX-2 External Fuel Ducts, and decouple with the assistance of 8 Sepratron I's.

Payload: Tronix ~ A very maneuverable, 3-man orbiter that includes an escape tower activated during abort sequences, several RCS blocks, and a docking port.

Jebediah Kerman ~ Pilot of Axis 7. Bottom Seat.

Bill Kerman ~ Commander of Axis 7. Right Seat.

Bob Kerman ~ Mission Specialist of Axis 7. Left Seat.

Mission Outcome: Axis 7 launched into a 125 kilometer by 124 kilometer orbit. After orbiting four times and testing all RCS systems, Tronix deorbitted and landed roughly 6 kilometers away from KSC. Mission Successful. And with that, the Axis program is now closed.

Mission Highlights:

Axis 7's ascent:

Ditching LV6D:

Preforming the deorbit burn:

Decoupling from the orbital stage:

Reentry:

[way2smrt]

Wow... This is really good! I once tried to have a low orbit probe around Minmus, but the decoupler force was so strong it shifted my orbit about 1-2 thousand metres and I crashed.

[AustralianFries]

Mission: Luna 6

Mission Objective: Send a manned mission around the Mun and return to Kerbin.

Launch Vehicle: LV6D ~ A highly tested launch vehicle that includes 21 LV-T30 Liquid Fuel Engines and 11 Rockomax X200-32 Liquid Fuel Tanks. The 4 radial engine stacks feed into the main stack with 4 FTX-2 External Fuel Ducts, and decouple with the assistance of 8 Sepratron I's.

Payload: Onwards ~ An efficient 3-man orbiter that is designed to be the transfer and return stage of future munar missions.

Jebediah Kerman ~ Pilot of Luna 6. Bottom Seat.

Bill Kerman ~ Commander of Luna 6. Right Seat.

Bob Kerman ~ Mission Specialist of Luna 6. Left Seat.

Mission Outcome: Luna 6 establishes a 103km by 105km orbit around Kerbin. Onwards then burns toward the mun, setting up its orbit to where it will slingshot around the back and return to Kerbin. It receives a Munar PE of approx. 520 kilometers and a Kerbin PE of 28 kilometers. After slingshotting around the Mun, Luna 6 hurdles toward the dark side of Kerbin, slamming into the atmosphere at over 3 kilometers per second. Despite the high reentry speed, it lands softly in grass. Mission Successful.

Mission Highlights:

Launch:

Ascent:

Getting to orbit:

After the transfer:

Mission Specialist Bob Kerman looks outside his cockpit to see a full Mun:

Mission Commander Bill Kerman takes a spacewalk to get a full view of the Mun and his space craft:

Leaving the Mun's SOI:

Coming back towards Kerbin:

High reentry speeds (3.23km/s):

Safe touchdown:

[AustralianFries]

Mission: Luna 7

Mission Objective: Land a Kerbal on the Mun in LZ-2 and return back to Kerbin.

Launch Vehicle: LV6D ~ A highly tested launch vehicle that includes 21 LV-T30 Liquid Fuel Engines and 11 Rockomax X200-32 Liquid Fuel Tanks. The 4 radial engine stacks feed into the main stack with 4 FTX-2 External Fuel Ducts, and decouple with the assistance of 8 Sepratron I's.

Payload: Harmony ~ A lander that is very efficient and has over 1.7km/s of delta-v, which is well enough to land on the Mun and return. Scientists plan to use this vehicle throughout the remainder of the Luna Program.

Bob Kerman ~ Mission Commander and pilot of Luna 7. Pilot seat.

Bill Kerman ~ Mission/Payload Specialist of Luna 7. Back seat.

Mission Outcome: Luna 7 enters a 90 by 90 kilometer orbit around Kerbin, and transfers to the Mun in a matter of minutes. It receives a 5km PE, which Bob Kerman raises to 17 kilometers as a precaution. The lander circularizes around the Mun at 20 kilometers, and uses the transfer stage to begin its descent into LV-2. Luna 7 lands 2.3 kilometers away from Reach (Luna 5), and after a short burn and surface repostion, Bob Kerman lands Luna 7 exactly 61.3 meters away from the unmanned habitational base/lab. After 2 hours, Bob Kerman steps out of the lander, followed by Bill. Surface contact is made and Bob becomes the first Kerbal on the surface of another celestial body. Bill steps out of the vehicle next, and together the two Kerbals plant a flag at one of the landing legs of Harmony. They then walk to the Reach Habitational Base to rest.

The next day, about half an hour after sunrise, Bill gets out of the module and takes a hike up the valley wall to get a view of the landing site. Bob wakes up a bit later, and walks out of the module to check on the Marathon rover. All seems well. Bill comes back to the landing site (with 6.4 percent pack fuel remaining) and joins Bob in experiments and research.

Three days pass and the duo must leave the Mun. Bob starts up the engines while Bill activates the ASAS and RCS systems, and after a go/no go launch poll conducted by the launch director back at KSC, the lander takes off of the Munar surface. It gets into a 10km orbit and immediately transfers towards Kerbin. After escaping the Mun's SOI, a retrograde burn is completed and the new Kerbin PE is 30 kilometers high. The lander decouples roughly 3 minutes before atmospheric reentry. At 8 kilometers the parachutes come out, and shortly Bill and Bob touch down to Kerbin soil. Mission Successful.

Mission Highlights:

*Note: Due to the amount of images taken, not all of the screenshots taken during the mission have been included. Please visit the Luna Program Mission Album to see them all.

Luna 7 launches:

Ascent stage:

Transfer stage:

Descent onto the Mun:

Safely landed, but a bit to far from the landing site:

After the surface reposition:

Bob Kerman: First Kerbal on the Mun:

Bill and Bob plant the KAAST flag:

Checking out the Marathon rover (Luna 6):

Bill checks out the view after his hike up the valley wall:

Preparing to leave LZ-2:

Ascent into orbit:

Lowering periapsis for aerobreaking:

Decoupling landing stage:

Safely reentered:

Landed:

[NoMrBond]

[Edit] enjoying the mission pictures!

Edited June 28, 2013 by NoMrBond

[AustralianFries]

Did you know you can post side-scrolling Imgur albums directly into your posts with the [imgUR] tags?

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I can absolutely redact this post back, sorry I don't want to interrupt your thread here was just enjoying the mission pictures!

Yes I am fully aware of this feature, and I've chosen to do it the current way various reasons. However, thanks for the concern/suggestion/thingymagig.

Edited June 28, 2013 by AustralianFries

[AustralianFries]

Mission: ISSO 1

Mission Objective: Send an ADP to Duna and record data from its scientific devices.

Launch Vehicle: LV7A ~ A variant of LV6D that includes 2 radial engines and does not include an SAS module in the nose section of the stacks.

Payload: ADP ~ Short for Atmospheric Drop Probe. Includes all 4 scientific instruments, and light landing legs. Has 1015 units of electricity, powered by 4 radially placed OX-4W 2x3 Photovoltiac Pannels.

Mission Outcome: ISSO 1 gets into a 90 by 90 kilometer orbit around Kerbin, and transfers to Duna within roughly 14 minutes of orbiting. It receives an 8 million kilometer periapsis that is lowered to about 9 kilometers, in preparation for aerobreaking. After separating from the transfer stage, it faces retrograde upon entering Duna's SOI. Hitting the atmosphere at 3.5 kilometers per second, ISSO 1's heat shield is put to the test. It skips off of the atmosphere and begins floating back to space; however it doesn't get far. After gliding about 16 more kilometers, it begins to fall back to Duna. The sizzling heat shield is decoupled and the parachute comes out. The probe lands at 4.2 meters per second, and the following data is collected:

Information from the GRAVMAX Negative Gravioli Detector - "02.88m/s^2"

Information from the Double-C Accelerometer - ".29g" [sometimes at .30g]

PresMat Barometer - "0.0631"

2HOT Thermometer - "-032.09"

Mission Successful.

Mission Highlights:

ISSO 1 on launch pad:

Transfer Stage:

Transfer periapsis:

After entering the SOI:

Preparing for entry:

Extremely fast entry:

Tearing through the atmosphere:

After bouncing off the atmosphere:

Decoupling from the heat shield:

Safely Landed:

Dayshot:

Edited June 29, 2013 by AustralianFries

[AustralianFries]

Mission: ISSO 2 (Alpha through Foxtrot)

Mission Objective: Find the average atmospheric pressure of Kerbin.

Launch Vehicle: LV8A ~ A simple launch vehicle with two radial booster stages that feed fuel into the center stack.

Payload: KADR (Kerbin Atmospheric Data Recorder) ~ A vehicle designed to take measurements of Kerbin's atmospheric pressure.

Mission Outcome: KAAST Launched five* probes to land at different locations on Kerbin. Each took readings of the atmospheric pressure of Kerbin. See the Mission Highlights section for the data that was recorded. Mission Successful.

*A sixth probe was dispatched at KSC to take readings. It was never considered to be "launched".

Mission Highlights:

Basic ascent profile of each probe:

Each probe safely landed (not including the Foxtrot probe):

Landing zone of each probe:

Data collected:

Average atmospheric pressure on the surface of Kerbin - "0.96093"

Edited June 29, 2013 by AustralianFries

[Pipcard]

You seem to be doing actual scientific observations with this, which is nice, but I think you're measuring atmospheric pressure, not density. Atmospheric pressure is related to how high you are above sea level.

[AustralianFries]

You seem to be doing actual scientific observations with this, which is nice, but I think you're measuring atmospheric pressure, not density. Atmospheric pressure is related to how high you are above sea level.

Edited. Thank you. For some reason my brain was mixing up the two.

[Redwork Studios-Redwork1]

More or less deleted

Edited June 29, 2013 by Redwork Studios|Redwork1

[Pipcard]

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This is not your flight log. Please create your own mission log thread, as this is for KAAST.

Edited June 29, 2013 by Pipcard

[Redwork Studios-Redwork1]

oops! sorry! Thought this was the ISSO flight logs. my mistake.

Edit: how do I totally delete that post?

Edited June 29, 2013 by Redwork Studios|Redwork1

[AustralianFries]

Mission: Excursion 1

Mission Objective: Put the Celestia station core into equatorial LKO.

Launch Vehicle: LV6B ~ A variant of the A model; the only difference being the booster engines are "Skippers".

Payload: Celestia Main Core ~ A station core that includes: PPD-12 Cupola Module, RC-L01 Remote Guidance Unit, two Clamp-o-Tron Docking Ports, and one Clamp-o-Tron Sr. Docking Port.

Jebediah Kerman ~ Mission Pilot and Commander of Excursion 1. Pilot Seat.

Mission Outcome: Excursion 1 launches in the early morning. It boosts into a 400 kilometer orbit, and decouples from its support vehicles. Mission Successful.

Mission Highlights:

Early morning launch:

Decoupling radial boosters:

Deployment of the station:

Orbiting:

[AustralianFries]

Mission: Excursion 2

Mission Objective: Attach the TPSM to the Celestia station.

Launch Vehicle: LV6B ~ A variant of the A model; the only difference being the booster engines are "Skippers".

Payload: Temporary Power Service Module (TPSM) ~ A module that is designed to temporarily power a station or vessel while it is still being constructed.

Mission Outcome: Excursion 2 is launched right after Celestia is deployed. It orbits only once before docking with the station. After separating with the TPSM, the orbital stage automatically performs a burn set up to destroy it when it reenters.Mission Successful.

Mission Highlights:

Launch:

Deployment of TPSM:

Celestia is in sight:

Coming in to dock:

Docked successfully:

The orbital stage falls back to Kerbin:

Reentry at 2.4 kilometers per second:

Edited July 1, 2013 by AustralianFries

[AustralianFries]

Mission: Excursion 3

Mission Objective: Attach the ERED segment to Celestia.

Launch Vehicle: LV6B ~ A variant of the A model; the only difference being the booster engines are "Skippers".

Payload: Emergency/Reserve Engine Drive ~ ERED is designed to be a backup engine drive for situations where Celestia may be in need of an orbital change. It will be located right next to the core of Celestia, in case the station needs to ditch segments and still perform an orbital change.

Mission Outcome: Excursion 3 launches without anomaly, and docks with Celestia at T+00:00:14:47 [Dy:Hr:Min:Sec]. After ERED is deployed to the station, the orbital stage of Exursion 3 lowers its orbit to 378km by 384km to avoid any collision with the station. Mission Successful.

Mission Highlights:

Launch:

Decoupling:

A close rendezvous:

Meanwhile, LV6B falls away:

Coming in close:

Docked:

The orbital stage falls away:

[Ben 9072]

I'm quite impressed, particularly by your Luna and Celestia missions. You seem to be planning your missions much like an actual real-world space program, and you keep up with the mission log really well. I'd love to see more!

[AustralianFries]

Mission: Luna 8

Mission Objective: Leave a Kerbal on the Mun for an extended period of time.

Launch Vehicle: A variant of the A model; the only difference being the booster engines are "Skippers".

Payload: Harmony ~ A lander that is very efficient and has over 1.7km/s of delta-v, which is well enough to land on the Mun and return. Scientists plan to use this vehicle throughout the remainder of the Luna Program.

Bob Kerman ~ Mission Commander and pilot of Luna 7. Pilot seat.

Bill Kerman ~ Mission/Payload Specialist of Luna 7. Back seat.

Mission Outcome: The orbiter places itself into a 90 kilometer orbit, and transfers to the Mun within minutes. It circularizes and then lands about 4 kilometers away from LZ-2. Bob maneuvers the lander within 100 meters of the Reach habitational lander. After checking all the long term life support systems aboard Reach, the two Kerbals shake hands and Bob returns to Luna 8. He takes off and transfers back to Kerbin, where he lands safely in the ocean. Mission Successful.

Mission Highlights:

*Not all of the pictures have been used. Please check the Luna Program Mission Album to see them all.

Launch:

Transfer:

Circularized:

Coming into land at LZ-2:

Getting closer:

Landed safely. A tad too far, however Bill and Bob plant the KAAST flag at the original landing site:

Bob takes off:

Reentry:

Parachutes out, safely:

[AustralianFries]

I'm quite impressed, particularly by your Luna and Celestia missions. You seem to be planning your missions much like an actual real-world space program, and you keep up with the mission log really well. I'd love to see more!

Thanks man! Heh yeah that's what I'm going for, realism! (:

[-RanZ-]

Very impressive log!

[AustralianFries]

Very impressive log!

Whyyy thank you!

[AustralianFries]

I'm going to hold off these missions until .21 and then start over. You will still be able to see the mission logs that I've previously posted, but because of the recent statement by HarvesteR, starting a new world will be required.

[AustralianFries]

Still waiting on that .21 version to come out already.

[Ben 9072]

I feel like activity across the entire forum has come to a grinding halt since we've found out save files will break in .21. I do hope the update comes soon, as I'm in the same spot.

[AustralianFries]

I feel like activity across the entire forum has come to a grinding halt since we've found out save files will break in .21. I do hope the update comes soon, as I'm in the same spot.

Yup. It's been about three weeks since my last mission, and I want to keep going. But I've lost all of my creative drive in KSP since I heard the saves break. The update will be soon, and this thread will continue.

Edited July 19, 2013 by AustralianFries