Engineers start refit work on the Heavy Cargo Shuttle (HCS) Resolute!
The key goals of the refit are:
Part of this refit will involve the V3 launcher to lose its Orbital Assist Vehicle (OAV), which has proven to be an expensive and wasteful addition to the HCS, as this stage is entirely disposable.
The deep space probe Jool Surveyor 1’s engines fire and the probe enters orbit of Jool! KSEA engineers are hopeful that this probe will be able to conduct a general survey of the entire Joolian system… starting with the outer moon Pol!
Explorer 3, the next Duna Mission, is being prepared for launch – take off will be in 5 days!
Edan, Glenica, and Sean are spending the time training for using the new Super Duna Lander!
The new lander should allow exploration (safely) of most of Duna’s surface!
Edan, Samner, Bob, and Glenica all leave the KSS onboard Endeavor.
The shuttle sets down and the crew takes some much needed time to rest and relax! KSEA plans to do some minor upgrades on Endeavor before its next launch!
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!
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
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
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!
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!
