Launch 2-1: Sullivan 1 (Test Flight)

Year 1, day 12.
Project: Sullivan.
Mission Objectives:

1. Flight-qualify new single-crew spacecraft.
2. Perform re-entry test from free-return trajectory around Mun.
3. Return safely to Kerbin.

Our first crewed spacecraft is a single-crew capsule atop the same R-4.1 rocket that has been carrying our satellites into orbit (for the most part).

This test flight will verify everything is in place for our first crewed mission.

MECO.

The upper stage continues its burn.

Performing trans-Munar injection burn.

Once the upper stage burns out, the command stage is deployed.

The solar panels are then deployed to power the ship.

The capsule passing by Mun on its way back to Kerbin.

The service module is jettisoned prior to re-entry.

After re-entry, the parachute deploys to slow the capsule.

Mission Objectives:

1. Flight-qualify new single-crew spacecraft: success!
2. Perform re-entry test from free-return trajectory around Mun: success!
3. Return safely to Kerbin: success!