With the return of Explorer 5 and the test flight of Discovery the Kerbin Spaceport has gotten very crowded! Edan, Bill, Orlas, Glenica, and Sean all board CTS-3 Intrepid!
“Have a good flight – you soon!”
-Gene
Edan undocks from the Spaceport, and uses RCS thrusters to reach a safe distance from the station! Gilian, Shepely, and Seely remain on the station, conducting the vitally important scientific research that must certainly occur there.
“Come back soon! Bring more snacks! “
-Shepely
Intrepid fires its engines to de-orbit… then detaches the service pod that holds cargo (and provides for solar power!)
“Hold on everyone! Things are about to get pretty hot!”
-Edan
Intrepid soars through the atmosphere, occasionally usings its airbrake system to slow its decent.
Once past the mountains west of the Space Center, Edan makes the final manuevers to line up for a landing!
“Edan to Mission Control… Intrepid is in the pipe, five by five!”
-Edan
Intrepid touches down on the runway!
A perfect landing! The tired Kerbals exit the Crew Shuttle to rest up for their next mission – Intrepid is recovered and undergoes minor repairs and the standard recovery process to get it ready for its next flight!
It’s been 100 days since Cryolab was put into orbit, and Mirphe pilots Intrepid launches to check on the crew! Bill is along for the mission to see how the lab (and crew!) have held up. 
Bob, Shepely, and Luly have all been selected from the volunteers to try long term cryogenic suspension in space! The Crew Cryogenic Research Lab, more commonly known as the CryoLab. CryoLab will hopefully pave the way toward much longer range missions for Kerbals, as the only life support and food stuffs needed by the crew will be that needed at the endpoint, not for the entire voyage!
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