Muna III mission completed, marking the first Kerbal landing on the Mun in over two decades

Year 31, Day 159

The Muna III mission has wrapped up finally, marking the first time a Kerbal has set foot on the surface of the Mun since Year 1.
The mission, featuring Jebediah Kerman, Bill Kerman, Bob Kerman, and Valentina Kerman, has just recently come to an end, marking the first time any Kerbal has set foot on another celestial body since the last Mungram mission in Year 1.

This mission was truly an impressive feat to behold; imagine yourself as a Kerbonaut, pioneering the way to future Mun missions and maybe even missions to Duna, as you step foot on a boring, dull, and lifeless dusty gray rock. That's what happened here.

The mission happened as a ten-part series, at least, approximately:
  1. Launch & Orbit: The KLS Block 1 rocket blasts off and orbits Kerbin, ejecting Korion
  2. Maneuver Burn: Korion performs a burn to get on a trajectory towards the Mun
  3. Capture Burn: Once in the Sphere of Influence (SOI) of the Mun, Korion performs a burn to capture into Munar orbit
  4. Rendezvous & Docking: Korion does a rendezvous burn to get to the Donnager KLS ship already sitting in orbit and docks with it, and crew boards the lander
  5. Landing: Donnager KLS identifies a suitable landing spot on the Munar South Pole in a large unnamed impact crater
  6. Science & Stuff: While on the surface of the Mun, the crew do useful science experiments, including ones never before done on the Mun
  7. Liftoff, Again: Donnager KLS once again lifts off from the surface of the Mun and orbits
  8. Rendezvous & Docking Part Two: Donnager KLS docks with Korion again and the servicing pilot (Bill) lets them onboard, abandoning the Donnager in orbit
  9. Escape Burn: Korion performs a burn to escape the SOI of the Mun and splash down in the ocean of Kerbin
  10. Splashdown: Korion splashes down in the Southern Ocean of Kerbin.
That is pretty much how the whole mission played out.
This mission proved that Kerbals could, once again, do anything they wanted with enough snacks and time. And space-time too. It was quite the interesting mission indeed.











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