Year 5, Day 371.
Mission Objectives:

1. Resupply Minmus station.

Year 5, Day 383.
Previously, previously.

Our Gilly lander is approaching Eve. It needs to capture into orbit, then rendezvous with Gilly and land.

Year 5, Day 348.
Mission Objectives:

1. ​Establish communications relay network around Duna.

This are the same type of satellite that we recently sent to Eve.

Mission Status: on transfer to Duna.

Year 5, Day 325.
Mission Objectives:

1. Resupply Minmus station.

One of the cutbacks made after our last mission is having fewer launches. We're now able to launch every 23 days, instead of 12, and only if there's a mission that helps us reach our goal.

Well, keeping our researchers on Minmus alive definitely applies, so we're sending more supplies over.

Mission Summary:

1. Resupply Minmus station: failed to reach orbit.

I forgot to turn on the fuel cell in the DEUCES stage and it ran out of power before reaching orbit. Not what our program needs right now.

Year 5, Day 301.
Mission Objectives:

1. Rescue (or recover) Jorrie (Scientist⭐️) and Natalin (Scientist⭐️) from the surface of Minmus.

We have not heard from either kerbal in nearly two years.

Mission Summary:

1. Rescue (or recover) Jorrie and Natalin from the surface of Minmus: success!

Promotions: Jorrie (Scientist⭐️⭐️), Natalin (Scientist⭐️⭐️)

Unfortunately, the news of Jordie's and Natalin's rescues have not been so well received everywhere. A lot of questions are being raised... why were they stranded? Why weren't they rescued sooner? How did they survive? Are they actually alive?

The questions have even encompassed the whole program. When are we getting to Duna? All we've done there is a single fly-by. We haven't even sent any kerbals outside Kerbin's SOI. Our limited budget has us wasting time on money grubbing rescue missions instead of performing research or deploying infrastructure.

Our scientists say that the research being performed on our moon stations will allow us to build craft capable of sustaining our crew for a three year mission in time for the year 7 transfer. Unfortunately, this doesn't allow an ahead-of-time supply mission if we're going to make it to Duna before year 10.

Given these circumstances, we've been directed to focus solely on achieving our goal of reaching Duna, ASAP. It's clear we won't be able to deploy a permanent settlement, but we should be able to pull off an orbit-and-return mission, as well as a few extended duration landings on Ike.

However, we need to demonstrate real progress soon, and fast, otherwise our entire program may be cancelled.

Year 5, Day 289.
Mission Objectives:

1. Fly by Dres.
2. Transmit scientific data from Dres.
3. Attempt to recover DEUCES probe after deployment of payload.

Previous launch, mission failure.

Year 5, Day 241.
Mission Objectives:

1. Dock with Biko 1 [Kerbin] to refuel.
2. Transfer to Minmus and resupply station.

​This mission will resupply our food, fuel, and includes tools and parts to fix some problems with our lander.

Year 5, Day 217.
Mission Objectives:

1. Dock with Biko 1 [Kerbin].

We have tweaked the design of the DEUCES mk I after having some problems with the vernor thrusters. Hopefully this fixes the problem.

Mission Summary:

1. Dock with Biko 1 [Kerbin]: success!

The newly designed RCS thrusters performed flawlessly.

Year 5, Day 205.
Mission Objectives:

1. Deploy KomSAT network around Eve.

The second launch for this transfer window will deploy a network of KomSAT satellite around Eve.

Mission Status: currently on transfer trajectory toward Eve.

Year 5, Day 229.
​Mission Objectives:

1. Dock with Biko 1 [Kerbin].
2. Transfer crew to Minmus aboard CFV.
3. Land on Minmus and obtain surface samples.
4. Dock with Minmus station and begin analyzing samples.​

​Crew: Bill (Engineer), Docal (Scientist⭐️), Karise (Scientist⭐️)

​If the CFV doesn't have enough fuel for a landing and launch, it will dock with the station first.

Year 5, Day 193.
Mission Objectives:

1. Land on Gilly.
2. Recover scientific data from Gilly.

While one of the design goals for DEUCES was to be able to boost-back into LKO after transferring a payload to another planet, it's currently difficult to do that directly from launch. Instead, we'll just send a DEUCES to Gilly and attempt a landing. This is purely a scientific mission (although we will be paid for it).

To be continued...

Year 5, Day 181.
Mission Objectives:

1. Dock with Biko 1 [Kerbin].

This will fulfil our contract to extend the station, and provide transport for a future crew to Minmus.

Mission Summary:

1. Dock with Biko 1 [Kerbin]: success!

The station has been refuelled. It was becoming a bit crowded (and laggy), so the three DEUCES mk II probes have been placed into a parking orbit of 100km.

Year 5, Day 169.
Mission Objectives:

1. Dock orange tank with Biko 1 [Kerbin].

Our focus right now is on getting more science in order to build the kinds of crafts and landers we need for our Duna mission. To that end, we'd like to get a science lab and lander to Minmus, which means getting more fuel in orbit.

We currently have two contracts: getting a five-crew outpost on Minmus, and expanding Biko 1 [Kerbin] to support 19 crew and have 2000 units of liquid fuel. We've expanded our CFV to support a crew of five, and if we dock this and an orange tank to Biko 1 we should be able to fulfil the station contract.

We can then send the lander, a science module, and fuel to Minmus, complete the second contract, and begin doing more research.

Mission Summary:

1. Dock orange tank with Biko 1 [Kerbin]: success!

​The station already has "capacity" of 14 crew, so docking our five-crew ferry is all we need to satisfy this contract.

Year 5, Day 157.
Mission Objectives:

1. Place satellite in polar orbit.
2. Collect gravimetric data.

​A night launch! We have a contract to put a satellite into a polar orbit, which we'll use to conduct a tiny bit of science. This will also be our first launch of a DEUCES mk 0 rocket.

Year 5, Day 133.
Mission Objectives:

1. Take fuel to Mun.

We have a station around Mun, in the CFV we have a lander, and we already have crew aboard the Kerbin station. We just need fuel to get them to the surface and back. While we could just use a DEUCES mk 2, we want to land on Mun with a DEUCES mk 1 so we'll take that instead. It wouldn't ordinarily have the dV to get a 30T payload to Mun, but since it can use the fuel from the payload, it should be no problem.

Mission Summary:

1. Take fuel to Mun: no fuel was added to station.

Despite the fact we didn't actually get any fuel to Mun, we did complete a contract and continue to perform research on the station. In those terms, the mission was a success.

What has become clear, however, is that the efficiency of our flight control software, for both rendezvous and docking, needs to be improved.

Year 5, Day 121.
Mission Objectives:

1. Bring additional scientist and ORV to Biko 1 [Kerbin].

Crew: Gerby (Scientist⭐️⭐️)

The current return vehicle docked to the station will return the rescued crew from Minmus.

Year 5, Day 109.
Mission Objectives:

1. Rescue Lemfred (Pilot) and Tangie (Scientist) from orbits around Minmus.
2. Return them safely back to Kerbin.

Previously.

Mission Summary:

1. Rescue Lemfred (Pilot) and Tangie (Scientist) from orbits around Minmus: success!
2. Return them safely back to Kerbin: success!

​Promotions: Tangie (Scientist⭐️⭐️), Lemfred (Pilot⭐️)

Year 5, Day 97.
Mission Objectives:

1. Rescue Lemfred and Tangie from orbits around Minmus.
2. Return them safely back to Kerbin.

We are launching a reusable Crew Ferry Vehicle (CFV-1) connected to a DEUCES mk I. This can be used to ferry crew between Kerbin and its moons, or to and from the surface of a moon.

Mission Summary:​

1. Rescue Lemfred and Tangie from orbits around Minmus: failed to reach orbit.
2. Return them safely back to Kerbin: failed to reach orbit.

As this was our first launch of the DLSv3 Atlas, booster engine staging was done prematurely and the craft failed to reach orbit.

Year 5, Day 85.
Mission Objectives:

1. Launch Johnmon (Tourist) and Madlotte (Tourist) into orbit around Kerbin.
2. Rescue Docal (Scientist) from HKO.
3. Recover all three safely on Kerbin.

This is a test launch of our new Orbital Return Vehicle (ORV-3). Unfortunately, we didn't read the fine print before accepting the rescue contract, and Docal is on an orbit high enough that we cannot use a DEUCES mk I to recover him, and must launch on a DEUCES mk II rocket.

One of the new safety measures in place is that crewed launches are no longer permitted to use solid rockets. Fortunately, the ORV-3 is fairly light and a place DLSv3 Atlas V, without SRBs, is sufficient to place it in orbit along with a DEUCES mk II.

The plan is to launch into orbit, rendezvous with Biko 1 to refuel, then rescue Docal. After performing the deorbit burn, the ORV will separate from the DEUCES module, which will rendezvous back with Biko 1.

Since this is our first rendezvous with the station using our upgraded flight control, we will not be attempting a direct ascent rendezvous.

Mission Summary:

1. Launch Johnmon (Tourist) and Madlotte (Tourist) into orbit around Kerbin: success!
2. Rescue Docal (Scientist) from HKO: success!
3. Recover all three safely on Kerbin: success!

Promotions: Docal (Scientist⭐️)

This was a very successful demonstration of the capabilities of DEUCES, but makes apparent the need to cheaply refuel in orbit around Kerbin.

Year 5, Day 73.
Mission Objectives:

1. Dock habitation and science modules to Biko 2.

Previously.

Mission Summary:

1. Dock habitation and science modules to Biko 2: success!

These DEUCES modules will probably be deorbited, as they still suffer from some critical design flaws. But they have demonstrated the feasibility of the DEUCES contract.

Year 5, Day 61.
Mission Objectives:

1. Dock habitation and science modules to Biko 2.

One of the DLSv3/DEUCES design tradeoffs made was to minimize the number of launch configurations. Instead of trying to have many sizes for different payloads, we would instead try to piggyback multiple payloads into a single launch to efficiently use the launchers we have.

Toward that end, we are launching our habitation and science modules to the Biko 2 station around Mun in a single launch, as opposed to two with Biko 1.

Year 5, Day 54.
Mission Objectives:

1. Deploy modular space station core in orbit around Mun.

As with the launch of the KMSS, this launch is built around a new DLSv3 rocket, and features a refined flight plan. Both of these have been heavily simulated, so we have no concerns about this launch. None, whatsoever.

Mission Summary:

1. Deploy modularstation core in orbit around Mun: success!

Year 5, Day 37.
Mission Objectives:

1. Recover Allison (Pilot) from orbit around Minmus.
2. Return Allison safely to Kerbin.

​We need funds.

Mission Summary:

1. Recover Allison from orbit around Minmus: success!
2. Return Allison safely to Kerbin: success!

​Promotions: Allison (Pilot⭐️)

​I edited out some shenanigans.

Year 5, Day 35.

Our Moho Lander is getting ready for its encounter!

Mission Summary:

1. Land on Moho's surface: partial success.

Well, yeah.

Year 5, Day 25.
Mission Objectives:

1. Launch first crew to Modular Space Station.

Crew: Sigeny (Pilot⭐️), Sanya (Engineer⭐️), Dalotte (Scientist⭐️)

Before we send crew to bases around Mun I need to figure out how the new UKS works.

Mission Summary:

1. Launch first crew to Modular Space Station: success!

So one thing I've learned is that the science lab implements UKS life support. This just about thirds the amount of supplies used, so a full crew of six requires resupplies every 150 days or so. So it's a good thing we put the science lab on there!