Aurora 12 blasts off, carrying Edan, Chrisnic, and Orlas to Mun!
“Can you believe it! I’m going to Mun! We’re all going to Mun!”
-Orlas
Orlas is excited!
Mun
Year 3, Day 142 (Changes To Explorer Program, Aurora 12 Construction)
he next Aurora Mission, Aurora 12, is nearly complete. Orlas is very excited to be chosen as the scientist for the mission – it will be his first trip beyond Kerbin! Chrisnic will be the crew engineer (who will be staying on the Command Vehicle), and the Mission Commander will be Edan (the commander of Aurora 3, Minmus.) he Mission Commander,
In other news, Initial plans for Explorer had been to launch a test craft, however administrators have decided to move ahead with a crewed mission they’re confident that if any systems fail on the transit burn a rescue will still be possible. The mission will be quite dangerous though… however many eager Kerbals have been clamoring to get a chance for the first crewed mission to another world!! The final crew roster hasn’t been released yet, but KSEA is working hard to get as many Kerbals trained as possible!
Year 3, Day 128 (Aurora 11 Returns)
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
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 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!
Year 2, Day 355
Blast off! Aurora 6 carries Mitster, Bob, and Chrisnic into orbit! All of Kerbin watches and waits as the crew chosen for the first Mun Landing rocket away!
Once in orbit, the scheduled burn for Mun goes well, and the Munar Insertion Stage is ejected. 
Mitster successfully completes the docking and transposition maneuver!
The crew settles in for the trip to Mun!
Year 2, Day 320 (Explorer 1 Update)
It’s now just 40 days until the Explorer probe encounters Eve! No one is quite sure what they’ll find, but the probe’s sensors are ready to transmit its findings back to Kerbin! Meanwhile on Kerbin, work starts on Aurora 6’s construction. KSEA is hopefuly a Kerbal can set foot on Mun before the end of the year!
Year 2, Day 254 (Mun Lander Announced)
KSEA unveils the design for the Mun Lander! A prototype is being built to experiment with on Kerbin, and allow crews to practice the vehicle! The lander itself is designed to operate in the very low gravity of Mun and Minmus… the practice lander will be built with a heavier engine to allow more thrust, simulating the Munar environment.
Once training is complete, the Aurora Program will have a Crew Vehicle, a Lander, and the powerful Sarnus V-Heavy rocket to carry them both to Mun and beyond! All of Kerbin is abuzz with excitement!
Year 2, Day 115 (Aurora Program Announced)
All of Kerbin is excited as KSEA announces the next phase of the space program: AURORA! 
The Aurora Program is designed to reach Mun and Minmus. The first test vehicle is the Aurora Crew Vehicle – designed solely to test the command pod, and provide a reliable means of taking crew to orbit and back. The first test will be Aurora 1… taking the the rest of the crew to the Kerbin Space Station! Construction starts at once!
Year 2, Day 98
Scout 3 heads down to the dark side of Mun! The communications array constructed around Mun provides data to the probe.
Unfortunately, no one thought that the dark side of Mun would mean things would be quite dark… and the craft is powered by solar panels…
In a landing that had every Kerbal int he Space Center of the edge of their seats, Scout 3 sets down, as the power got closer, and closer to zero… finally showing 1% power remaining as the sensors indicated the craft had fully set down! Success! Scientists wait until signal can be restored!
Kerbal States | Kerbin Space Exploration Administration 