Rescue help: EVA out of fuel

[zapman987]

Ive a kerbal that ended up on a free-floating EVA with no propellant.

Whats the best way to recapture him and get him into a pod?

[RocketPilot573]

It's kinda difficult, you just have to maneuver the rescue ship so that the kerbal can grab onto a ladder.

[sal_vager]

How about making a basket lined with ladders, with landing legs acting as a cover?

Once the Kerbal is inside it's just a matter of time and pressing F

[MarvinKitFox]

CLAW!

I do believe the asteroid CLAW also works on meatbags, erm, Kerbals.

[cantab]

The old fashioned way is to move the rescue ship up to him, then keep switching to the Kerbal in the hope of being able to grab onto a ladder.

The new way is THE CLAAAAAAW.

[GoatRider]

Can you reenter with a Kerbal in a claw?

[ScottyDoesKnow]

Can you reenter with a Kerbal in a claw?

I don't know, but I think somebody said you can use 2 claws and then take a kerbal that does have EVA fuel and fly him into the second one. Then you can transfer eva propellant from one to the other.

[pauix]

I once pulled off a rescue the old way (Send a lander can with tons of RCS and stairs attached all over it, maneuver until you're near him and hope the victim kerbal will get close enough to any of the staircases so that he'll be able to grab). It's a very long mission, but it is very rewarding once you get the guy in the ship.

However, I did that long before The Claw was added. If I had to do that again, I'd grab him for sure!

Edited April 6, 2014 by pauix
Corrected some typing mistakes

[Epthelyn]

Can you reenter with a Kerbal in a claw?

Probably. They seem to have a pretty strong join with the target once they're attached, Kerbal or otherwise.

The easiest way would be to either use a claw and push the Kerbal against another craft's pod entrance, or just hope that Kerbals can survive reentry on the end of the same claw. The harder way would be to inch slowly towards the Kerbal with another craft with RCS or whatever and align in such a way that the Kerbal can grab on. Both require a certain precision with rendezvous and RCS maneuvers so in fact neither is really more difficult than the other.

[GalaxiesFinestToday]

If you have a shuttle with a cargo bay, you could capture him in the bay. Kinda got this idea from Nassault's "Bill" cinematic.