Construction begins on Aurora 10 – the next Mun Mission! Crew not yet assigned.
Aurora Program
Year 2, Day 415 (Aurora 9 Returns)
Aurora 9 returns home! 
After climbing out of the Aurora Command Pod, the crew celebrates the most successful mission yet!
Year 2, Day 406 (Aurora 9 Departs Minmus)
After a long, long day, Mitster and Bob return to the Aurora Spacecraft! Aurora 9 sets history as conducting the most scientific research of any launch – making 5 seperate landings on Minmus. 
After rendezvousing, a return trip is plotted back to Kerbin.
“We should be there in no time!”
-Mitster
Year 3, Day 405
Aurora 9 orbits Minmus, and the lander detaches to head down! 
Mitster lands the Aurora Lander, and Bob hops out!
“Minmus is great! You can hop everywhere you go! ”
-Bob
The guys pose for their landing portrait, then head back to the lander, to set down at the various locations scientists back on Kerbin want to investigate!
Year 2, Day 390 (Aurora 9 Launches)
Aurora 9 takes off! 
Chrisnic, Bob, and Mitster wait patiently for their encounter with Minmus!
Year 2, Day 386
Construction of Aurora 9 begins – the tentative plan is another launch to Minmus to scout out several interesting sites. Aurora 9 will be the first test of the upgraded Mun lander, which should provide more fuel efficiency and a more compact design.
Meanwhile, a few standard communication satellite launches keep the crew at KSC entertained!
Year 2, Day 370 (Aurora 7 Lands On Minmus)
Val pilots Aurora 7 closer to Minmus, then transfers over to the lander with Bob! 
The lander detaches, and Val pilots the lander to a good landing site. 
“I think I found a good spot! Adjusting course…”
-Val
The Aurora 7 Lander touches down! The crew waits a short time for Kerbin to be in radio range before heading out! 
Bob is the first out!
“Wow! It’s like the ground is made out of ‘bounce’!”
-Bob
Val hops out next.
“Weeeeee!”
-Val
Val and Bob are the first Kerbals on Minmus – what a day! The two spend some time gathering space rocks and other scientific data. (Truthfully, Bob does most of the science, Val spends her time jumping around…) 
Before long, the power is running out, and the two have to head back to the Aurora Spacecraft. The ship burns back to Kerbin, and should arrive in just under a week!
“That was a lot of fun! We’ll have to come back again!”
-Val
Year 2, Day 365 (Aurora 7 Reaches Minmus)
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Aurora 7 reaches Minmus! Val circularizes the orbit, and the crew prepares to get closer, and commence the first Minmus Landing! The maneuver should take about 3 days.
Year 2, Day 359 (Aurora 7 Launch)
Aurora 7 blasts off from the Space Center! Val, Bob, and Robart are the crew – the mission: land on Minmus! 
After the burn to Minmus, Val performs the docking and transposition maneuver, and Aurora 7 begins its 5 day journey to Minmus!
“Hang tight everybody, we’ll be there soon!”
-Val
Year 2, Day 338 (First Mun Landing!)
Aurora 6 arrives at Mun! After a few short maneuvers, the craft is brought into a fairly close 40k orbit.
Mitster and Bob move into the Lander, and separate!
The lander moves lower, and lower…
Almost there!
Mitster hops out!
Followed by Bob!
Mitster plants the flag!
The two pose, then start collecting some rocks and other scientific data. 
After several difficult but exciting hours collecting Mun-stuff, Mitster and Bob blast off, and head to a rendezvous with the Aurora 6 Spacecraft! 
After docking, Mitster and Bob transfer over, being sure to take all their vaulable science with them!
“That exterior illumination sure proved valuable – docking on the dark side of Mun would have been a real trick without ’em!”
-Chrisnic
Mitster makes a small course correction on the way back to Kerbin…
“If these numbers are right, I think we’ll set down just outside of the Space Center! Really!”
-Mitster
The Aurora Spacecraft is designed with a fairly large “reserve” fuel pool, to allow corrections for… imprecise maneuvers. This extra fuel lets Mitster correct a rather wide departure from Mun into a fairly precise return maneuver for Aurora 6!
The crew makes it to the surface – welcome home guys! 
The crew returns to KSC, and shakes lots of Mun-dust out of their boots!
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