Tag Archive: Scrub

Feb 13 2021

Ascension Mk3 Flight 1 (Kerbin III Attempt 1)

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Mission Dispatch

Once again pushing things to the limit the new Ascension Mk3 fails to achieve an optimal ascent, suffering a similar failure to the first Mk2 however this time the payload was at least able to be recovered via controlled abort

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Mar 20 2020

Ascension Mk1 Flight 12 (Captain Jebediah)

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Mission Dispatch

Foiled during his first attempt, Captain Jebediah faced additional hurdles before he was able to finally make his trip up into space, becoming the 3rd kerbal to venture beyond the atmosphere and gaze down upon our planet

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Nov 14 2019

Progeny Mk6 Block I Flight 12 (Kerbal Sounding Project 1)

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The first of 4 launches carrying 2 experiments designed and built by students with mentoring from industry professionals to further study properties of the ionosphere, radiation belts, sun, zero-G, and more

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Aug 28 2019

Ascension Mk1 Flight 8 (Science Studies)

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Mission Dispatch

With a capsule modified solely for unkerbed flight, new science instruments were installed. The mission’s goals also included continuing to push the capsule to the limits on return to attempt to find any failures

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Jul 24 2019

Ascension Mk1 Flight 7 (Specialist Bill)

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Mission Dispatch

Although only one of them can ultimately be the first kerbal into space, both Specialists Bill & Bob are prepared to fly aboard the capsule atop the rocket that will carry one of them into the history books

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Jun 24 2019

Progeny Mk7-A Flight 1

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Mission Dispatch

The first flight of our latest rocket design suffered a double failure resulting in the total loss of the rocket – but as always valuable data was learned in the process to make future launches more successful and new tech was still tested

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Feb 10 2019

Progeny Mk6 Block I Flight 9 (Material Sciences Study)

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Mission Dispatch

A similar mission to the last one, sending up sample material to be exposed to space inside and outside the inner radiation belt, the hope is that this one can be recovered after facing numerous troubles launching

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Jan 31 2019

Progeny Mk6 Block II Flight 2 (Radiation Field Study 8)

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Mission Dispatch

We prevented the Block II from reaching its full potential last time but now we are ready to let it fly all the way and see just how far we can explore the space above for new regions of increased radiation

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Jan 24 2019

Ascension Mk1 Flight 3 (Capsule Test Mass)

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Mission Dispatch

Attempting to use new software to plan an orbital mission profile proved fruitless, so this mission was redesigned from scratch to support future sub-orbital kerbed spaceflight by testing new technologies such as RCS & a heat shield

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Jan 25 2018

Progeny Mk5 Block I Flight 4

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Mission Dispatch

The first flight of 2018 takes the Progeny to new heights as we test out what we felt were our best ascent procedures to date, shattering several records along the way and increasing our knowledge of space flight

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