Commander Val rotates into the hot seat aboard the capsule and becomes the 2nd kerbal to venture up into space, where she flies higher and stays longer to increase our knowledge of any effects 0G has on kerbal physiology
Tag Archive: Splashdown
Aug 28 2019
Ascension Mk1 Flight 8 (Science Studies)
Aug 19 2019
KerBalloon Joint Science Survey
Both the high- and low-altitude crews set out together aboard the MSV Tongjess to release over several locations, with the low-alt crew at sea and high-alt dropped off on an island with UTVs
Jul 24 2019
Ascension Mk1 Flight 7 (Specialist Bill)
Jun 24 2019
Progeny Mk7-A Flight 1
May 28 2019
Ascension Mk1 Flight 6 (Capsule Test Flight 2)
May 16 2019
Ascension Mk1 Flight 5 (Ascent Abort Test)
No longer fit for space flight, the test capsule that had been used for previous pad abort tests was still fit enough to fly partway to space so we could conduct an ascent abort test to fully qualify the Launch Escape System
May 14 2019
Progeny Mk6 Block I Flight 11 (Radiation Field Study 9)
One of the instruments that was developed to fly on a future Extremis probe is small enough to be a payload for the Mk6 and studies charged particles – perfect for a shot into the inner radiation belt to test it out
May 01 2019
High-Altitude Science Survey 53
Departing via Maritime Service Vessel for Area EE-22G in the northern sea, the crew had to wait a few days for proper release conditions in order to avoid icing and conducted a successful recovery