It’s time for Glenica to return home to Kerbin! Edan will pilot Aurora 17 on its return to… meanwhile Samner and Shepely will remain on the Space Station. Before leaving, Glenica installs a backup new solar array to the station, as well as some new battery packs!
Author: sayburstuff
Year 5, Day 59 (MunBaseOne Life Support Mission!)
A resupply mission to MunBaseOne is launched on a Sarnus V rocket! This is the first time a resupply mission has been attempted to the base. With supplies running short on the first Mun settlement, if this mission isn’t a success the crew will have to evacuate to Unity Space Station in orbit!
The mission will do much more than just resupply the station. With any luck the installation of oxygen and water scrubbers and purifiers will let supplies on the station last much, much longer. Another item on the wish-list for KSEA planners is a better vehicle for delivering colonies to the surface of Mun. The present design works, but is wasteful and tends to create a lot of debris!
The new module rockets down to the surface, then starts rolling along toward MunBaseOne!
“I see it out the window! It’s almost here!”
-Sean
It takes some maneuvering, but the module gets into position…
Then docks with the base! The new systems should keep the base running for some time. Glenica, Sean, and Bill all report the air is much easier to breathe!
Year 5, Day 56 (Aurora 17 Arrives at Minmus!)
Aurora 16 arrives at Minmus, and Edan pilots the spacecraft to dock with Harmony Space Station! Glenica has been waiting for a crew for sometime now!
Aurora 17 docks! Edan and Shepley quickly transfer over to the lander, eager to get their turn down on Minmus!
Mission Planners have decided the next area for exploration will be a region in the lowlands of Minmus designated HSS LS04-A, where orbital scanners have detected an unusual anomaly.
The lander sets down – and already Edan spots the anomaly.
“That looks like one of those Monoliths! Strange though, I’d swear it was green, not black like the others!”
-Edan
Edan is right – the monolith appears to be the same dimensions as the others found, however it has a slight green hue to it. How unusual! Shepley performs all the scientific experiments he can, gets a surface sample, then the explorers return to the Research Lander! 
Edan pilots the lander into orbit… 
Then docks with Harmony Space Station! The crew will stay for a short time before heading back to Kerbin.
Year 5, Day 39 (Aurora 17 Heads to Minmus!)
Samner, Edan, and Shepley launch on board Aurora 17! Edan is particularly excited, as this will be his first landing! This is the first launch of the overhauled Aurora Mission, utilizing a longer term habitation module, similar to that on the upcoming Explorer 2mission! The purpose is to make space flight more comfortable, and to give crews experience on maneuvers and working environments similar to those in future planned deep space missions.
Year 5 Day 34 (Guardian IR Telescope Starts Tracking Objects Near Kerbin!)
After 217 days in space, the Guardian Infrared Telescope finally reaches its required orbit, and begins object tracking asteroids near Kerbin that may pose a threat, or might be interesting to visit.
Year 5, Day 19 (Intrepid Launches on KSS Repair/Upgrade Mission!)
Intrepid blasts off, taking up to the KSS, with a cargo bay full of ladders!
It takes a lot of work.. but Chrisnic and Dunwin are eventually able to install both the ladders and grip surfaces as well as the new module’s solar panels, and even add some decorative lights! Decorative safety lights. 
The new panels deploy succesffuly!
“Well, will you look at that! Those are some big solar panels!”
-Dunwin
After a … mostly… successful mission, Enterprise prepares to head back to Kerbin. Edan will take the craft down himself, while Chrisnic will stay on the KSS to train!
Edan lines up a perfect landing…
… and sets down! Edan is developing a reputation for being a no-nonsense pilot that can handle pretty much anything that comes his way!
Year 5, Day 18 (Frontier 8 Moho Flyby!)
Frontier 8 flys by Moho! Sensors record temperature readings, as well as trace atmospheric levels near the world (it appears to be a near vacuum, although trace levels are picked up.)
The flyby is a short one, as soon as it began, it seemed, it was ending. Frontier 8 will drift without fuel in a solar orbit forever, but it made history as the first spacecraft to reach Moho!
Year 5, Day 13 (Enterprise Launched to Upgrade KSS Power and Solar Systems!)
Enterprise launches! Edan will pilot the Heavy Cargo Shuttle to orbit and rendezvous with the Kerbin Space Station, and Dunwin will supervise the initial installation of the solar power unit, and then perform EVAs to complete installation from Enterprise’s cargo bay! 
“Orbital Assist Vehicle is away… heading to the station!”
-Edan
Dunwin reviews the mission parameters as Enterprise rockets towards the KSS!
Enterprise arrives at the KSS and the module detaches!
Installation proves very difficult, with Chrisnic leaving the station to assist Dunwin!
“This is just impossible! There’s no way to get a grip on anything!”
-Chrisnic
Chrisnic and Dunwin return to the KSS, taking the extra parts from Enterprise, while Edan tries a “first”… docking Enterprise itself to the Kerbin Space Station!
“Almos there… almost there…”
-Edan
Wow – everyone is very suprised that the docking actually worked. The KSS was never designed to dock such a large craft, but Edan showed that it was possible!
“Now let’s all hang tight and wait for Intrepid!”
-Edan
KSEA decides to send up Intrepid to deliver some parts to allow the installation of footholds and other gripping surfaces for the station!
Year 5, Day 9 (KSS Solar Expansion)
Enterprise is readied with a new payload that will expand the Kerbal Space Station’s power generation and storage needs!
The new “Megalador” solar panels were designed for deep-space applications, and the KSS will serve as an ideal testbed for the technologies!
Year 5, Day 9 (Frontier 8 Nears Moho!)
Meanwhile, far away from Kerbin, the Frontier 8 probe to Moho rockets toward the very hot world closest to the Sun!
Unfortunately, scientists now thing that an orbit of Moho using the Frontier 8 probe will be impossible – the probe only has about 2400 d/v onboard, and circularizing around Moho would require over 10,000 d/v!
Kerbal States | Kerbin Space Exploration Administration 