Tutorial: Apollo 11

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The exciting part for me, as a pilot, was the landing on the moon ... Walking on the lunar surface was very interesting, but it was something we looked on as reasonably safe and predictable.

Neil Armstrong

It's time, we will finally do the first manned landing on another celestial body. During this mission we will require both the docking and EVA know-how from the Tutorial:_Gemini_6A_and_7 mission, as well as what we learned about moon landing from Tutorial:_Luna_9.

Ship setup

For this mission we will recreate the largest and most powerful rocket ever built: The Saturn V.

Mission phases

Getting into transfer orbit

Use the first two stages to get into orbit and the third to circularize it and get into a Mün transfer orbit just like you did for Luna 9.

Reorganizing the modules

Now begins the tricky part of the mission. When we built the rocket we placed the laning module behind the main engine of the command and service module. In order to use it we need to get the LM on its other end of the CSM.

Transfering the landing crew

During the real Apollo missions the crew could board the landing module through the docking hatch. Unfortunately the current version of KSP (0.18.4) doesn't allow that, so we need to do two EVAs to transfer the crew. Let the first Kerbonaut leave the command pod, fly to the door of the lander can, and enter it. Then do the same with the second Kerobonaut. The third one stays behind in the CSM to control it while in Mün orbit.

Enter Mün orbit

Get into an orbit with a height of about 20km around the Mün. Make it as circular as possible. That will make the later redocking easier.

The landing

Walking on the Mün

Start and redocking

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