A key to any long term colony site is finding an ideal location that has ample supplies of water. To this end, KSEA and KOAA (the Kerbin Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration) have worked together to develop the Aqua Scanner Mk1.
Launched on a Nebula Rocket, the spacecraft will travel to Mun orbit and start scanning for ideal landing sites! Once sites have been selected, Kerbals will scout them out, and then the development of an actual colony can commence!
Engineers and scientists work tirelessly on plans for the Horizon-B rocket, and upgrade of the existing Horizon rocket.
Additionally work begins on upgrades to the Space Center itself, improving the launch pad and the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB).
The new Horizon-A rockets are ready and Jeb and Val are itching to try them! The first is named Horizon-3 and if everything goes well, it will be the first craft to orbit Kerbin! 
The first two stages fire, and take Horizon 3 into a good apoapsis of 86k!
At apoapsis the LV-900 fires, and Jeb pilots the craft into a nice stable orbit (somewhat sloppy though, without the assistance of computers!) 
Mission Control radar tracking confirms it: orbit achieved! What a day! Jeb completes one full orbit of Kerbin, then aims for what looks like KSC! 
Jeb ejects the orbital section. “What a shame! It was a good ship!” he says.
Jeb splashes down west of the KSC peninsula. “Ah! So wet! I’m ready to get rescued guys!!”
The Congress of the Kerbal States had previously voted unanimously to found a new organization, the Kerbin Space Exploration Administration, or KSEA. The stated mission is to boldy go where no Kerbal has gone before!
KSEA Director Gene Kerman has promised that Kerbals should start flying soon! Like many of the emblems used by the Kerbal States, the format of the KSEA logo is similar to those found in the ruins of the crashed probe!
Kerbal States | Kerbin Space Exploration Administration 