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Originally Posted by Gargamel
Did the boosters launch but not the main rocket in the failure? I love the kerbals facials expressions.
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The failure was actually because I had the staging set up incorrectly. The ship was set free from the launch pad before the engines had ignited. So they fell into the pad. If I had activated the engine stage fast enough, it could've been avoided, but I just changed it so the engines fire and then the pad lets go.
Although in one of the Kutnik preparation launches I set the boosters to decouple at the same time the launch stands let go, so the boosters flew straight into the main body of the rocket.
Mission Artemis 2:
I have updated the rocket to the KR-1B version. Has increased RCS thrusters to make gravity turn easier(and less likely to spin out of control).
I've also changed the naming conventions slightly. Instead of adding MK to the name, I'll donate minor variations in the rockets using the Alphabet. Starting with A and working through Z. If I ever get to the point where I need to go past Z(I highly doubt it), I'll start again at ZA and working my way through ZZ.
Anyways, onto Artemis 2.
Nice shot of Mun coming over the horizon.
Deploying the solar panels in orbit
Now that I'm in orbit, I'd like to do an EVA, however the sun is setting, so I'll continue to orbit Kerbin until sunrise.
Sunrise!
First Kerbal to leave the confines of a Space ship(although he's the only Kerbal to be in a space ship, but who cares).
Trying to re-board the vessel, Jedediah is accidentally launched into space. But is able to return to the pod.
Safe and sound, time to prepare for re-entry. However as the space center is hours away from Sun down, I continue to orbit the planet until sunrise.
Punching in the de-orbit burn into the computer.
Retracting solar panels for re-entry(although they're going to be lost when the pod detaches from the ship)
Initiating burn
...And running out of fuel early
Using the retro rockets on the pod to further slow down
After a smooth re-entry, we come down 34KM from the Space Center. A little far out, but at least we made it safely.
It wasn't until I jettisoned the last stage that I realized I forgot to get instrument readings from the Graphrotron. Ah well.
Next up on the Agenda:
Sending Probes to Mun, Minimus, Eve, and Duna.
Practicing Orbital Docking in Preperation for a manned mission to Mun.
Launching various satellites into the orbit of Kerbin.
I'm thinking of installing the GPS mod that let's you create a GPS system by naming your ships with the GPS prefix. I'm also thinking of installing the ISA mapping mod once it's updated to .18 and flying satellites around the planet to take pictures.