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Axis Station becomes the first commericial space station

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Year 30, Day 97 Axis Space has introduced their newest space station, and it was just recently launched into orbit in a single launch, becoming the first commercial space station in orbit of Kerbin! Axis Space is a newer private aerospace company that first started up in Year 25. It has already made some incredible progress in the aerospace industry, and has collaborated with other private organizations, including the world-famous SpaceK. It may seem like a small company, but this quick growth showed extreme promise to the KSA and everyone involved; all were quietly anticipating what would come next out of Axis. Little did anyone know, Axis proposed their most ambitious project to date: the Axis Station! If built and launched, this would become the first commercial space station in orbit... Ever. And the KSA and SpaceK liked the idea so much that they endorsed it and funded its construction and planned launch. Though many checks had to be made to make sure the station would be safe f...
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Muna II mission completed, marking the first time Kerbals have been around the Mun in decades

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Year 30, Day 55 The latest and newest mission in the Muna program, Muna II, has been completed, and has made history once again, pathing the way for more missions in the future. Only one thing can be said about this mission: that it was absolutely spectacular. Really, no one thought it would turn out "perfectly" because things almost never turn out truly perfectly for the Kerbals. But somehow... this did. It was a complete and utter success! It was truly the Kerbals' first major win in a long time, possibly since ever. This mission was one for the history books for sure. But how did it turn out so, quote-unquote, "perfect"? Well, let's break it down step by step. Muna II would take about 6 days to complete. 2 days to get to the Mun, 2 days orbiting, 2 days to get back home. A pretty long mission. So, who was selected for it? Well, it was none other than the Original Four Kerbonauts; Jeb, Bill, Bob, and Valentina Kerman. Why? Because the KSA wanted exposure...
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Parker Kerbolar Probe completes closest approach to Kerbol, becomes fastest thing Kerbals have ever built

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Year 29, Day 413 The Parker Kerbolar Probe has become the first thing Kerbals have ever built to go extremely close to the surface of Kerbol, and, alongside that, it has also become the fastest object ever built. The probe was launched in Year 25 and only recently became the first thing to ever go less than 100,000 kilometers from the surface of the core star of the solar system, Kerbol (otherwise known as the Sun). When the KSA announced that they would try to achieve this challenge, everyone thought it would surely fail. Spoiler alert: it didn't. When it made its nearest approach to Kerbol, the probe recorded the most intense measurements ever taken of any probe ever; magnetometer readings were (quite literally) off the charts, the temperature was incomprehensibly high, and the radiator shield on the front of the probe oversaturated, same with the solar panels. This approach made Kerbal history; and honestly, who knows why the KSA did it? We'll probably never truly know, bu...
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SpaceK's "Donnager" spacecraft will be the lander for Muna III; and it may take Kerbals to Duna one day

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Year 29, Day 388 It has been confirmed that the newly developed Donnager spacecraft by SpaceK will land Kerbals back on the Mun on Muna III; and, it will also probably take Kerbals to Duna for crewed missions one day. That's right; this new shiny spacecraft, named the Donnager, will use a variant of itself fit for Mun landings, named Donnager KLS (Kerbal Landing System), to land on the Mun for the Muna missions, or, more specifically, Muna III. Keep in mind, as of this post, not even Muna II has happened yet; this is only planned. It very well could change, and probably will only be like this for Muna III, and maybe, possibly, Muna IV. Other than it being used for future Mun landings though, it will also (again, probably) be used to bring Kerbalkind to the red sands of Duna. If it is used for that, it'll be one hell of a ride; that is for sure. The spacecraft/rocket itself went through several Serial Number iterations before it was able to be put on what's known as the Be...
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New Reliance has finally arrived at Plock; debate about planethood is reignited

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Year 29, Day 368 The deep space probe New Reliance by KSA has finally arrived at Plock and taken stunning pictures of it along with studying it; and some question whether the KAS's (Kerbin Astronomical Society) decision on Plock being a dwarf planet is justified. "New Reliance arrived at Plock much earlier than we thought it was going to," said KSA when asked about the mission results. New Reliance gathered crucial info about the outer reaches of the Kerbolar System, and more specifically, Plock itself. Thanks to the mission, we now know that Plock is: Round Extremely cold Bland And also the fact that Plock's moon, Karen, is much more visually interesting than Plock itself. However, even seeing how planet-like Plock looks from countless images taken, the KAS refuses to give it back its planethood. So, why? Well, it turns out, the answer is far more simple than many think. And no, it's not just to make many mad. The KAS now says a celestial object has to meet thr...
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Green Ghost lander lands on Mun, becoming the first to do so in over a decade

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Year 26, Day 379 A private company named FireFlight Aerospace, partnering with the KSA, has put a lander on the Mun for the first time in over a decade. The Green Ghost lander is a new lander unveiled for landing on the Mun, an ambitious venture by FireFlight Aerospace, a breathtakingly quick aerospace startup company. When the KSA heard their plans to put a working lander back on the Mun for the first time in decades, they agreed it would be a fantastic adventure and great for the Muna program if KSA could figure out how to perfect the landing situation. And so, the KSA and FireFlight collaborated on the Green Ghost lander, unveiling it at the Diamond Dome last season. The mission itself went fine; it launched aboard the new GDLV6 rocket, a new and more advanced variant of the standard GDLV5 by SpaceK, including a self-landing booster. Upon landing, the lander was equipped with several tools at its disposal to use to study the Munar surface, including: Thermometer Barometer (this on...
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KSA unveils picture of black hole in center of the Galaxy

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Year 26, Day 244 The KSA has unveiled this wonderful image of Sagitarrius K*, the black hole in the center of the Galaxy. They achieved this by using a combination telescope, otherwise known as the EHT (Enormously Huge Telescope), a set of telescopes and observatories across Kerbin using their combined and focused power to take an image of the black hole at the heart of the Galaxy. Take a look:
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Muna I mission completed as preparation for Kerbals to go back to the Mun; and stay there

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Year 26, Day 190 The first preparation mission for Kerbals to go back to the Mun - named Muna 1 - has been completed. And it was awesome. The Muna program is a new space program by KSA to finally bring Kerbalkind back to the Mun; and for them to stay there. Muna I was an uncrewed mission flown by the Kerbal Space Administration to validate the systems required for deep-space travel beyond Kerbin orbit. The mission used the new KLS launch vehicle to send the Korion spacecraft on a long-duration flight to the Mun and back, closely mirroring the trajectory planned for future crewed missions. After launch, Korion was inserted into a stable Kerbin orbit before performing a translunar injection burn toward the Mun. During the outbound coast, mission controllers monitored power generation, thermal control, navigation accuracy, and long-range communications, all of which performed within expected limits. Korion followed a flyby trajectory around the Mun, passing behind it and entering deep...
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SART crashes into an asteroid... for Science!

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Year 25, Day 355 The SART probe (Single Asteroid Redirection Test) has crashed into asteroid Kimorphos and the results are stunning. SART was a test; a test to see if we could nudge an asteroid out of the way (potentially if one was coming towards Kerbin) by ramming a spacecraft into it. The SART probe was roughly the size of a large vending machine; it weighed about 2 tons. The smartest Kerbals alive calculated that this would be enough to nudge the targeted asteroid, named Kimorphos, by a considerable amount. When the test was conducted, it was quite spectacular. But the question remained: did the test actually nudge the asteroid at all? It turns out, yes , it did! It enlarged the asteroid's orbital semimajor axis around Kerbol by thousands of kilometers; exactly what they had predicted would likely happen. This test was a weird one, sure, but one that just had to be done; after all, what else would Kerbals do if a huge deadly asteroid was coming towards Kerbin? Last-minute fix...
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