Year 3, Day 379 (KSS Crew Rotation)

March 29, 2017March 29, 2017 sayburstuff Year 3 Aurora 16, Aurora Porgram, CTS-1 Adventure, CTS-3 Intrepid, Kerbin Space Station, Kimmy, Robart, Val

While work starts on Aurora 16, which will deliver the crew to MunBase One, CTS-1 Adventure blasts off from Cape Kerman, to rotate crew on the KSS! Val, Robart, and Kimmy are eager to get more training time on the KSS! Equally eager to get back to Kerbin are Val, Samner, and Sean!

Adventure docks with the KSS! Everyone says their ‘hi’s’ and ‘bye’s’, then Jeb detaches Intrepid, and heads back to Kerbin!

Jeb misses the Space Center… by a LOT! Thankfully, the leftover fuel in Intrepid is enough to get back to the landing strip!

“In the pipe… five by five!”
-Jeb

Intrepid makes a good night landing, even if it was a bit bumpy!

Year 3, Day 306 (Aurora 14 Returns!)

March 24, 2017 sayburstuff Year 3 Aurora 14, Aurora Program, Bill, Explorer, Kimmy, The Explorer Six, Val

screenshot277 Aurora 14 returns to Kerbin! screenshot279

Val, Kimmy, and Bill hold on tight as the Aurora Command Vehicle soars through the atmosphere!

Eventually the pod sets down just south of the Space Center, and the crew are rescued. Now that the “Explorer Six” are back… everyone on Kerbin awaits to find out who’ll crew Explorer!

Year 3, Day 281 (Aurora 14 Reaches Interplanetary Space!)

March 23, 2017March 24, 2017 sayburstuff Year 3 Aurora 14, Aurora Program, Bill, Kimmy, The Explorer Six, Val

screenshot264 Aurora 14 leaves Kerbin’s sphere of gravitational influence!

screenshot268

Everyone is eager to get out and experience “SPACE!” Val goes first…

screenshot270

Followed by Kimmy!

Finally, Bill has his turn.

“Very cool! Let’s head back home!”

-Bill

Year 3, Day 128 (Aurora 11 Returns)

March 6, 2017March 8, 2017 sayburstuff Year 3 Aurora 11, Glenica, Kimmy, Mun

Aurora 11 starts its return from Mun! After a short several hour trip, Aurora 11 splashes down in Cape Kerman, just east of the Space Center. Welcome back everybody!

“Next time I get to land!”
-Glenica

Year 3, Day 113

March 5, 2017March 5, 2017 sayburstuff Year 3 Aurora 11, Aurora Program, Glenica, Kimmy, Mun, Val

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!

Year 2, Day 424

February 11, 2017February 11, 2017 sayburstuff Year 2 Jebediah, Kerbin Space Station, Kimmy, Orlas

Kimmy, Jebediah, and Orlas return from the KSS! They rest up, and get ready for flights beyond Kerbin!

“That was a long time in space! What great training!”

-Orlas

Year 2, Day 163

January 1, 2017January 3, 2017 sayburstuff Year 2 Glenica, Kerbin Space Station, Kimmy, Orlas

screenshot359

The second attempt at launching the cupola module for the KSS takes off!

screenshot361

Orbit is achieved, and this time power seems to be sufficient. Mission Control sends commands to being a rendezvous with the Kerbin Space Station! screenshot365

“Oh hey, there it is! It’s nearly as big as the ACV!”

-Orlas (ACV = Aurora Crew Vehicle)

The trickiest part is next… the automated command module disconnects, leaving the Cupola Module in an uncontrolled state, just outside the station.

“I’m on it!”
-Orlas

screenshot371 Orlas goes EVA, and heads to the module! After some hair-raising moments, docking is achieved – way to go everybody! This is starting to look like a space station! screenshot372