Kerbal Space Administration

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.

Year 23, Day 312 The Kaia Telescope has launched to uncover the secrets of the Galaxy's stars and map the whole of the Galaxy. Kaia is a new space telescope launched by KSA to map the majority of stars in the Galaxy and, specifically, the Karion Arm, the spiral arm of the Galaxy that Kerbin is located in. Kaia has already made promising progress; it's already mapped over a million stars, pushing to a hundred million and beyond. This is just in its first month of activity. It's expected to reach a billion in a couple years. Kaia will push for more and discover more, and will hopefully map the entirety of the Karion Arm, giving us a comprehensive map for the future.

Year 23, Day 272 The new Eve Xpress orbiter has arrived in orbit of the purple planet Eve, and plans to do amazing things. Eve Xpress is a new orbiter that arrived at Eve, the purple planet. We already learned from the Evera missions that Eve is a hellish place; so why did we go back? The only reason that KSA sent Eve Xpress to Eve is for pure research; perhaps Eve could house Kerbals one day, even though right now, it may not seem like it. Surface conditions are all we've measured, and they were terrible. Completely unsuitable for Kerbal life. But who's to say conditions elsewhere there are as bad? They could be far better, as KSA states. Eve Xpress plans to look not to the ground of Eve, but the atmosphere. Particularly high above the clouds, where pressures are stable, temperatures are even, and sure, the air isn't breathable, but at least pressures and temperatures could be far better. So good, in fact, that if what Eve Xpress finds matches research models, it means ...

Year 23, Day 114 The newest rover has landed on Duna, named Kuriosity, and plans to study the red planet in detail never seen before. That's right; another Duna rover has been landed on Duna by KSA! This one is truly special. Kuriosity was planned for years by KSA, and only recently got launched and sent to Duna. Long-standing mission commanders and directors have been dreaming of the day their project finally touched down on the red sands of Duna. Their dream has finally been fulfilled. Kuriosity plans to study what scientists believe could be a crater (nicknamed Kale Crater) that possibly once had liquid water billions of years ago; a dried lakebed. Kuriosity will, over the course of years, attempt to crawl up to the rim of the crater. The reason it will take years is that it can't drive at night due to power conservation and lack of external lights to see, as well as its slow travel speed (1 m/s maximum). It will also, along the way, make stops to rest and perform scientif...

Year 23, Day 62 The newly developed Yuno orbiter has arrived at Jool, starting as the replacement and new orbiter around the gas giant, replacing the old Kalileo orbiter. After Kalileo was decomissioned, KSA wanted a new orbiter ever since for Jool. And so, they came up with Yuno. Yuno was designed to be the "next big thing" for Jool; an orbiter far superior to Kalileo. The new orbiter comes equipped with many tools at its disposal: the YunoCam being one of them. The YunoCam is Yuno's priority visible-light camera, designed to take pictures and timelapses of up-close Jool. It has already captured some spectacular sights at the cloud tops of Jool, which you can see more below. In summary: Yuno is the next Jool orbiter which will do wonderful things, and study the secrets of the green gas giant (Jool) that lies in all our Kerbin skies.

Year 19, Day 177 It is unfortunately finally official; the Kerb-Shuttle program has finally been retired by KSA. But, they have new amazing plans. The beloved Kerb-Shuttle program (K-S) has finally been retired; the last mission was KS-17 to the Kerbal Space Station (KSS) to deliver supplies and as a tribute to the program. The only reason it was retired was funds for the program finally "ran out," according to KSA. This made many sigh, and also cry, but KSA is working towards something bigger than a shuttle, which was already basically a flying brick. The only reason the shuttles made it this many years was because KSA thought it was "cool." But what are they working towards, you ask? Well, in collaboration with SpaceK, they are trying to make rockets the next big mode of transport and payload once again as they were a while ago. But that is all we have heard of for now; it's only a matter of waiting now, to see what they come up with.