Aurora 11 blasts off – carrying Val, Glenica, and Kimmy to orbit! This will be both Glenica and Kimmy’s first trip to Mun! 
Arriving at Mun, the team waits for the sun to shine on the landing site before heading down!
Author: sayburstuff
Year 3, Day 107 (Frontier 2 probe to Sarnus Launches!)
Frontier 2 launches! Unlike the first Frontier Probe, “2” will take a less direct and more fuel efficient journey to Sarnus. If calculations are correct, it will enter the Sarnus system with nearly 4,000/dv of fuel remaining… hopefully enough for plenty of maneuvering in the distant planetary system! The cost is time: the journey will take much longer than Frontier 1: nearly 2.5 years!
In a fit of excitement, KSEA authorizes the construction of 4 more Frontier Probes! The massive expenditure will be occupy most of the funding for quite some time, however several promising transfer windows are opening up soon: Neidon and Urlum! The other two probes will remain in a parking orbit of Kerbin, and are tenatively planned to survey Eve and Duna!
Year 3, Day 104
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The Mun Surveyor is launched, and heads to Mun! Engineers are hopeful the probe will help find a good location for a permanent ground base on Mun!
The Surveyor is on it’s way!
Upon arriving at Mun, the Surveyor begins… surveying! Results should be in soon for a good colony site on Mun!
Year 3, Day 100 (Frontier 1 Probe to Sarnus Launches!)
Frontier 1 launches – once in orbit the rocket immediately follows its designed course: a one way trip to Sarnus! The rocket burns for a long time, but scientists are confident the course is correct. The transit to Sarnus should take approximately 1 year and 100 days!
Year 3, Day 89 (Frontier Probe Construction)
Development on the Frontier probes to Sarnus is finally complete! Construction begins on two of the probes: Frontier 1’s mission is to reach Sarnus as soon as possible – this will allow testing of long range communications equipment to ensure that future probes can even be contacted! Frontier 2 will take a more fuel efficient journey, with the gamble that the communications and power systems work at the extreme ranges the mission requires. Once KSEA knows the answers to these questions more advanced missions to Sarnus will be possible!
Year 3, Day 78 (Development Begins on Frontier Probes)
Work begins on developing Frontier 1 & 2, the first probes being sent to Sarnus! Appropriately enough, the probes will each be launched atop the Sarnus V rocket.
The probes are an entirely new design and due to the enormous distances, will require more DeltaV than any craft yet launched!
Each probe will carry on it a plaque that will attempt to explain where the Kerbals came from… hopefully some signs of the Ogres, the creatures believed to have sent that first probe that crashed on Kerbin so long ago, may see it!
Construction also begins on a new Surveyor probe… this time for Mun. The craft, cleverly named “Mun Surveyor” should be ready soon!
Additionally, construction begins on Aurora 11, the next Mun Mission! This time Glenica and Kimmy are at the front of the line!
Year 3, Day 63 (Endeavor’s First Flight, KSS Crew Rotation)
It’s time to rotate the crew on the KSS! Jeb, Bill, Samner, Robart, Bob, and Orlas all pile into the second Crew Shuttle… The Endeavor, and it blasts off!
After circularizing, the Endeavor starts its rendeavous to the KSS. KSEA is a little nervous about this flight… this is the Endeavor’s first flight… and it’s also the most crew ever launched into space on one vessel!
Endeavor closes in on the station…. 
Almost…. 
Almost….
Docking achieved! Jeb docks at at Docking Port 4 of the KSS. Glenica and Kimmy transfer over to the Crew Shuttle, while Bill, Bob, Orlas, Robart, and Samner all head over to the the Station.
After everyone says their ‘hellos’ and ‘goodbyes’ – Jeb, Kimmy, and Glenica head back to Kerbin!
“Space Center spotted… starting final approach!”
-Jeb
Another great landing – nice work!
“Next stop – Mun!”
-Kimmy“You said it Kimmy! Time for some deep space Science!”
-Glenica
Year 3, Day 60 (Mission to Sarnus Planned)
While doing some math (maths? Math.) at the KSC break room, a group of KSEA engineers have a sudden realization. A launch window for Sarnus is coming up… in nearly 30 days! Engineers work quickly to throw together a probe that can get there in time.
“We’re not sure if we can get it in orbit – but we can definitely use the body of the Kerbin Surveyor probes as a starting point… we’ll get right to work!
-Bill, Senior Project Engineer
Year 3, Day 56 – Kerbin Exploration
The newly launched Kerbin Surveyor begins scans of Kerbin – right away several anomalies are detected! The X-5 is sent to investigate! Mitster and Bill fly there…. quite fast!
Sadly… they can’t find anything at the site indicated!
“We’re gonna need some more precise readings if we hope to find anything here! It might help to put a sensor package on the X-5 itself! ”
-Bill
Mitster returns the X-5 to base for refurbishment and the crew for refreshments!
Meanwhile, construction begins on two new crew shuttles – the Endeavor and the Intrepid! Along with Adventure this will raise the number of crew shuttles to three!
Year 3, Day 51 (Aurora 10 Launch)
The mighty Sarnus-V carries Aurora 10 to orbit!
The original 3 astronauts; Jeb, Bill, and Bob will fly to Mun!
Bill is quite excited – even though he’s been with the space program since it’s early days, he’s only done missions in low Kerbing orbit. This will be his first Mun mission!
After some basic orbital manuvering, Jeb fires the engines for the transfe to Mun!
After the docking and transposition maneuver, the crew gets comfy for the short journey to Mun!
Aurora 10 arrives at Mun!
Jeb sets the lander down… and Bill hops right out!
“Wow! It’s great here! The low gravity makes it feel like you’re flying!”
-Bill
The two pose for their landing portrait, and start collecting scientific data! Aurora 10 set down in the Mun’s Northwest Crater – a first for Kerbals!
After several hours gathering Science, Bill and Jeb blast off in the lander, headed back to the Aurora 10 spacecraft! A short rendeavous and docking later, and the three are on a return trip to Kerbin! Setting down in the plains of Kerbin at night, the crew is rescued. Good work everyone!
Kerbal States | Kerbin Space Exploration Administration 