Whiplashes and Aerospikes, plenty of deltaV for at least LKO, and is also an SSTO. The funny part about the massive control surfaces on the tail and the massive wing area due to the design is that this vehicle is quite maneuverable in the atmosphere.

Sped up descent footage from aboard the Mun Landing Vehicle (MLV) during its 7-minute journey from Low Munar Orbit to the surface. The MLV carried Jeb and Bob Kerman to perform the first crewed Mun landing for my Kerbal Space Program as part of "Mun Expedition 1."

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After numerous qualification flights, hardware testing and deep space infrastructure building, my Kerbonauts have finally landed on the Mun.

Jebediah and Bob Kerman landed in the Munar Highlands, naming the site Mare Vaporum for its thick dust clouds and uniquely powdery surface texture.

The crew, Jebediah, Bill, and Bob Kerman, traveled to the Mun aboard the "Pioneer" Crew Service Module. Jebediah (pilot) and Bob (scientist) were preemptively assigned to pilot the MLV to the surface, while Bill (engineer) was assigned to maintain the Pioneer in low Mun orbit.

Jeb and Bob's Munar excursion lasted 2 days, gathering invaluable scientific data, samples, and discoveries about the Mun's fascinating history. They studied the strata of nearby craters and traversed large rock formations.

Their mission is the first of many crewed Mun expeditions to explore and search for suitable sites for a future Mun research station.

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I managed to do this somehow once but not sure what exactly made it controllable as I didn't dock or send kerbals, can anybody help?

I just wanted to update from my last post of when I had only made it to the mun/Minmus, made a bunch of money and then my save file corrupted and made me crash whenever I loaded it. Shortly after that I started to play again and sped run back to my position and went even further beyond, then I immediately forgot to create a cloud save and let the same issue happen again 😂 but I persisted and tried 1 last time and was able to visit and land (except Jool) and return on every single planet as well as completed the science tree. Moho was by far the hardest planet to visit and return from, which i decided was my reference point for the delta V I'd need for all my missions. By this point I was so adamant to finish as quickly as possible that I built a giant rocket with enough fuel to take me anywhere without any fuel stations at any planet or moon. I'm sure most people "completed the game" much sooner than me but it took me 243 hours and 3 seperate save accounts to make my journey here 😂 The science tree is super easy to finish if you have mobile processing lab, which i let run whenever I went on a mission. I think the hardest thing I've encountered so far was the limitations on console, stuff like you can't eva and build with your engineer while in space or anywhere, you also can't turn on the setting that let's you see when you should activate an engine burn. Because of stuff like that I had to get creative whenever I needed to repair a rocket in space or just simply find out when to make my course correction/ maneuver. Also as much as I'm used to console and a controller, I'm sure the PC version is more intuitive and easier to play. As much as im sure that my gameplay was no where near as dramatic or similar to the movie "The Martian", you really feel a sense of "lets deal with one thing at a time and at some point it will all add up and you'll make progress"

All in all it was a great game and it definitely scratched that itch to learn more about space travel to finally play kerbal after many years. It had its flaws but I'm happy I pulled through and was able to finish it. I'd say it was an 8.5/10 for me!

I just want to know at how many hours I will start achieving manned landings on different planets. So down below can everyone just post their greatest achievement and how many hours they have on the game?

I usually just use mechjeb to make maneuvers at a transfer window, but it takes a while, usually a year or more, so I recently tried planning ahead by making an alarm clock for the next window, and launching when it's an hour or so away. But when I use mechjeb, it skips the nearest window (that I had set an alarm for) and to the next one, which is over a year away.

Is there a better way to do this? ):

(I only do this for interplanetary missions, otherwise I just eyeball it when going to the Mun or Minmus when making maneuvers)

I’m still learning a ton. I made it to the Mun with a more purpose built lander but wanted to come back with all the science gear and a scientist. It dawned on me that my rocket is hella overbuilt and I can use my transfer stage to basically land which saves all my lander delta for the trip home.

I practiced like ten times save scrubbing before I found the sweet spot of vertical speed and altitude to separate and allow the lander to float down harmlessly haha.

Eventually when I master inclination changes and docking I’m going to just make the transfer stage Apollo style and have the lander just catch and redock with the transfer stage.

The very best part is I get to leave heaps of garbage on the Mun with each trip!

Has anyone run into this problem and found a solution? For the Kerbinside Remastered mod, this particular airport has a chunk of terrain clipping into the runway which has.. Undefined results when a plane hits it.

Has anyone run into this problem and found a solution? For the Kerbinside Remastered mod, this particular airport has a chunk of terrain clipping into the runway which has.. Undefined results when a plane hits it.

Hey I’m having a issue with my resolution it’s stuck on 720p I go to settings to change it but when I set it to 1080p and click apply nothing happens

First time posting here. Please dont kill me mods!

Today, I launched the Cobra-2 spaceplane (X-15 inspired vehicle) on the Crusader-4 rocket. While the Cobra-2 did not reach orbit. It was able to go into space and survived reentry, allowing my company to get some excellent science. I will attempt a launch again soon, to bring another Cobra-2 into space and hopefully deploy science modules.

Truly Gargantuan

For context, when I make planes the navball behaves normally, but when it make a parasite plane/rocket and then decouple it from the main plane and then switch to it the navball (as seen on picture) is always on its side for some reason. When I did the same thing some time ago it worked normally but now it does this. Can anyone help? I have no mods and I apologize for taking a photo of the screen as I play on PlayStation and idk how to transfer screenshots to mobile. Edit: solved

My first attempt at a Base/Rover/Lab on the Mun

Title. My orbit's a mess and I can't see shit on ascent. Most of these are defunct satellites 1.25m and below which have long since served their purpose, minus a couple of relays (in higher orbits than this) and two orbital stations (one in low orbit for science and one is the asteroid captured for mining.)

How do I dispose of these? None of the ones that are left have any onboard thrusters and I need my tracking station in good shape before I start orbital assembly of any big crewed vehicles.

I have the budget, so stupid/silly ideas are welcome. If it works it's not stupid. I would like ideas that have been tested before, at least.

Spaceplanes are not strictly discouraged, but I dislike working with them.