Kerbal Space Administration

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...

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...

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:

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...

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...

Year 25, Day 312 The Crew Kraken has become the first space mission in multiple years to carry Kerbal Space Administration Kerbonauts onboard, thanks to the help of SpaceK. The Crew Kraken-1 mission has finally sent KSA Kerbonauts back in space and to the Kerbal Space Station (KSS), all thanks to SpaceK and their revolutionary spacecraft design. There's not much else to say about that; Kerbals have finally gone back to space thanks to SpaceK. So be grateful. For SpaceK has brought crewed spaceflight back once again!

Year 25, Day 254 A solar orbiter probe has been deployed around the Sun (Kerbol) and it is "frickin' awesome," according to Jebediah Kerman. This new solar/kerbolar probe called the Parker Kerbolar Probe named after Parker Kerman was and is built to study Kerbol, the core and heart of the Kerbolar System, in detail never even thought possible before. It'll study the solar wind, magnetic field, temperature distributions, and core + how Kerbol creates fusion deep down. It was built like a tank; meant to withstand nearly anything, including but not limited to: The Kerbolar wind Extremely high temperatures And high magnetic field distributions. It was actually compared to the almighty and omnipotent Kerbal deity known as the Kraken, thanks to its extreme resilience. "This, however, doesn't mean we're going to change the name of the probe," says KSA.

Year 25, Day 201 The newly developed GDLV5 Heavy has debuted, and an odd figure of great rememberance rode aboard on its maiden voyage. "Starkerbal" was an idea proposed by SpaceK's Chief Executive Officer Elon Kerman, who thought "wouldn't it just be so fun to put a dummy Kerbal into solar orbit with my new rocket?" And so he did. The realistic dummy Kerbal inside the car in the payload bay was named the Starkerbal as it was gonna be "voyaging among the stars or whatever." Upon launch, forces shook the car violently but thanks to its robust design, it did not tear apart. Everyone was hoping that it would explode; except Elon. It would probably have been "one hell of a fireworks show" according to a viewer. But it didn't. It made it to orbit, opened the fairing, accelerated out of Kerbin orbit and deployed its payload. Yes, the whole mission was designed to prove that SpaceK could haul a car into Kerbol orbit. Kerbals far and wide w...

Year 25, Day 182 Kaysetta and Filae have completed their mission, studying and landing on comet 67K/Kuryumov-Gearisimanko. This comet (67K for short) was a truly spectacular one in Kerbin's night sky; but it was even more spectacular for one observer: Kaysetta and its companion Filae. The Kaysetta probe was a weird one. A comet orbiter, with a detachable comet lander named Filae. This is the first look we've ever seen at landing on a comet, and it was amazing. Filae retrieved impressively clean samples from the surface of 67K and shot incredible photos (visible more below). This mission will inspire for a very long time; it shows how creative and unique Kerbals can be, and how we can do whatever we want, as long as we set our mind to it.