Kerb-Shuttle "Discovery" launches as a "safety flight" after KS-13

Year 18, Day 215

KSA has finally returned to the Kerb-Shuttle after the Endurance shuttle disaster (mission name KS-13) of it disintegrating during reentry with the new and improved shuttle design, Discovery!

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Discovery was made only because of how poorly the KS-13 mission went at its end, and its first mission, KS-14, was made to right what went wrong AND also as a safety flight of sorts after Endurance disintegrated upon reentry.

Surprisingly, the flight and every part of it (launch, orbit, reentry) went perfectly and no issues were reported during, before, or after the flight. All this was, was a flight of 4 Kerbonauts where they launched, orbited Kerbin a few times, and then landed back at the KSC after reentry.

The specific changes in the design were better coated heat tiles, stronger insulation glue, more robust screws, and countless more pre-flight checks.

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Hopefully the Kerb-Shuttle program continues from here on out, but no one can say for sure if the program will last much longer after this; and it may be for the better anyway.