The Jool Surveyor arrives in the gravitational influence of Jool! In 40 days the vehicle will circularize its orbit, and begin an exploration of the Jool system!
Author: sayburstuff
Year 7, Day 139 (Resolute Blasts Off for KSS!)
Mirphe, Gilian, and Sean launch in the Resolute on a service mission to the KSS!
Resolute (which was recently given nifty navigational lights) is the first of two Heavy Cargo Shuttles operated by KSEA. Due to a planning oversight on Station Life Support a Heavy Cargo Shuttle was chosen to carry an emergency life support mission to the station!
“This payload is pretty heavy, there won’t be any room in the fuel budget to spare this mission!”
-Mirphe
Thankfully Resolute eventually arrives the station… and not a moment too soon!
“Wow – I forget how big the Heavy Cargo Shuttle is until I see it up next to the Kerbin Space Station – these are some large spacecraft being docked!”
-Mirphe
Success! Resolute docks with the KSS, at the Utility Docking Port! Station Crew immedeatly start moving supplies over to the station.
“Nice docking Mirphe!”
-Jeb
Resolute undocks, leaving the supply module attached to the station.
“Time to head home – call the Space Center if that module gives you any trouble!”
-Sean
Resolute screams through the clouds, heading toward the Space Center!
“Going pretty fast! Hold on everyone, this might be a bumpy landing!”
-Mirphe
Resolute touches down, and at the last moment veers slightly off the landing strip!
“Hmph! Almost a perfect mission!”
-Mirphe
Year 7, Day 133 (Super Duna Lander Launch!)
The Advanced Atmospheric Lander (the Super Duna Lander) blasts off from KSC!
The lander is being launched ahead of the next Duna Mission, and will arrive at the Duna Spaceport ready to use (hopefully!). 
The lander safely arrives in Kerbin Orbit, and starts its transfer to Duna – in 225 the the mission should arrive at Duna Spaceport! 
“That’s my kind of launch – clean and no problems. Well done team!”
-Gene Kerman
Year 7, Day 122 (Wanderer Explores Surface of Eve!)
The Wanderer rover begins exploring the surface of Eve! The landing itself took place in the Lowlands, and the rover is instructed to head west, toward the Shallows and eventually, the Explodium Sea itself!
Year 7, Day 121 (Wanderer Lands On Eve)
Wanderer arrives at Eve – there should be just enough fuel to circularize!
Wander burns into its orbit of Eve! The orbit isn’t perfectly circular, but it’s an orbit! So far the Eve Communications Network has been performing perfectly! Scientists are eager and nervous to see if the Eve lander will survive the landing, and transmit from the surface! 
Because of the tremendous speed of the lander, the Re-entry rockets fire so that the craft will slow down in the atmosphere for a few orbits before actually taking the final plunge. 
While Eve has been mapped from orbit, the particulars of navigating the planets ultra dense atmosphere has proven challenging for KSEA mission planners!
While tedious, the orbital dipping method does appear to be a good strategy – impatient engineers are already working on a replacement for the next Eve lander though!
The protective shell ejects and the Wanderer rover slowly glides to the surface!
Cheers are heard throughout KSC – Rover has safely landed on the surface and started transmitting science! After transmitting the science data from the surface the rover will need to recharge… then scientists will see if surface exploration is possible!
Year 7, Day 120 (Wanderer Arrives At Eve!)
The Wanderer Rover arrives at Eve! In a few days the Rover’s delivery vehicle will fire, putting the craft into an orbit of Eve! From there KSEA mission planners will determine a good landing site!
Year 7, Day 50 (Aurora 20 Returns to Kerbin!)
After a very long mission, Aurora 20 arrives back at Kerbin!
The Command Pod ejects the rest of the Aurora Crew Vehicle, which burns up on reentry!
The parachute deploys, and Luly, Seely, and Kerlorf gently glide down to an oceanic splashdown!
Mission Success! Rescue crews from Meridian Island are flown out to rescue the astronauts!
Year 7, Day 48 (Aurora 20 & Unity Space Station Update)
The Aurora 20 Mission to Unity Space Station (finally) comes to an end! The Research Mission was intended to gather significant data on Mun and to study long-duration of spaceflight on Kerbal physiology. KSEA administrators stress that the length of the mission definitely did not mean that Mission Control forgot about the mission!
Luly, Seely, and Kerlorf climb into the Aurora Command Pod and leave the station!
“All those exciting missions to Duna doesn’t mean Mun doesn’t have something to offer you know!”
Luly, lead scientist of Aurora 20 mission!
The return of the Aurora 20 mission will leave Unity Space Station uninhabited until the next crew arrives!
Year 7, Day 48 (Explorer 4 Update)
Val performs a slight course correction of Explorer 4 on the way to Dres! It will be 267 days until the spacecraft encounters Dres!
Meanwhile, Orlas, and Robart debate how bouncy the surface of the dwarf-planet of Dres will be!
Year 7, Day 27 (Explorer 2 Crew returns from Duna Crater landing!)
Mitster and Dunwin blast off – heading back to Duna Spaceport!
“This many missions has left us all exhausted! It’ll be good to get back to Kerbin!”
-Dunwin
Indeed, Explorer 2 has set the record for the most consecutive landings done by one crew! It’s hoped that the next crew will be able to exceed that, however, using the new “Super Duna Lander”!
“Hmmm… I’m having some trouble connecting the lander with with the docking port!”
-Mitster
“Try spinning! That’s a good trick!”
-Dunwin
“That did it! We’re docked! Nice thinking Dunwin!”
-Mitster
The lander docks successfully with Duna Spaceport, and the Explorer 2 team reviews all of the science data they’ve collected over 4 separate landings on the red world of Duna! Their only mission now is to prepare for the return home!
Kerbal States | Kerbin Space Exploration Administration 