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Colonizing Duna... and Beyond

Launch 5-10: Minmus Double Rescue Retry

3/29/2016

 
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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.
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Booster jettison.
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First stage separation.
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Fairing jettison and second stage ignition.
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The craft ended up in a nice 80x60km suborbital trajectory.
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As Tangie's orbit was quite low, we decided to make a quick stop for science and test out the DEUCES landing capabilities.
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The landing was a little rough but everything performed nominally.
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Next up was to refuel at our Minmus station.
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Unfortunately, it ran out of fuel and the station had to dock with the CFV!
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And of course the first module had the fuel so we had to go back and dock to it. OK.
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Picking up Lemfred.
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"Don't look so happy to see me!"
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One disadvantage of the CFV is that we must match inclination with the station instead of just aerobraking.
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We had a great rendezvous lined up, but the station was so close we attempted a direct rendezvous. That wasn't going to work so the craft captured and went around again.
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So then, of course, it didn't have enough fuel to dock with the station. Fortunately, we had an extra DEUCES on hand to rescue it.
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Finally, the crafts are docked with the station.
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The rescued crew begins the final leg home in the older orbital vehicle.
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Re-entering high above a cloudy KSC.
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Splashdown, at long last!
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⭐️)

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