Kerbal Docking Mission

Now, this took some research, some planning, and a number of tries, but matching up orbits for docking IS possible…

Docking1

But certainly not easy.  Took a bit of practice (and perhaps a minor bounce off the station…)

Docking2

But in the end, the Kerbals prevailed.

Docked1

Once docked, a fuel transfer was initiated to verify the process.  After that, it was party time.  The Kerbal who’d been manning the space station decided he needed to get out after going a bit stir crazy.  Time to ride the rocket for a spell.

Dockedrider

This, of course, left the space station unmanned, so one of our newly arrived Kerbonauts transferred himself over to the space station to take the helm.

Crewtransfer

So, it’s doable.  Who’s next?