Flight Officer Aldeny flies to the plains north of KSC to gather pollen level data surrounding Area ATM-11 for the Field Research Team’s quarterly survey, although the collection was limiited due to weather
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Kerbal Space Agency
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Deuce and Civvie are both in the HAB today so the Atmospheric Fluid Spectro-Variometer can be swapped. Civvie is best for shorter-range missions that require the instrument since it can't easily go fast enough to damage it while it's collecting air
Kerbal Space Agency
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poor weather last day cycle and a poor forecast for the next has scrubbed the Civvie mission for today, Flight Officer Aldeny will stand down until tomorrow after 2nd sunrise
Kerbal Space Agency
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Flight Officer Aldeny is standing down this day cycle. Weather forecast for after 3rd sunrise is looking somewhat promising with a 60% chance of favorable flight conditions both here and over the target area. We'll get a meteo update from some airships in a few hours
Kerbal Space Agency
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weather is still on the iffy side but it's good enough and the researchers really need this data. Latest pollen cycle ends this week & mission has already been delayed past prime collection window thanks to C7 shut down. Aldy is ready on Rwy01 for departure
Kerbal Space Agency
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terrain has blocked comms as Aldy flies behind the highlands to the northwest enroute to bit.ly/Area_ATM-11. He'll hug the ground then climb in a spiral over the target location while collecting air samples, spiral down and up several times out to a distance of 25km
Kerbal Space Agency
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we've been hailed early by Aldy making his way back after weather took a turn for the worse. He still managed to gather enough data to make the flight worthwhile however, so that's good news. Controllers have cleared him to approach & land Rwy09
Kerbal Space Agency
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bit of a bumpy descent and landing but Aldy is back on the ground taxiing to the HAB. Here's a photo sent to us from the wing cam as he cleared the mountains under heavy cloud cover, leaving the rain & poorer visibility behind him out on the plains
Kerbal Space Agency
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we are all still reeling from the events of yesterday. Aldeny will be a sorely missed ray of sunshine around campus - his energetic personality could motivate anyone. Altho it's hard, we must push on in his memory. Our Ops Summary has details on that: kerbalspace.agency/?p=9083
