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The 2nd Mun landing mission from 2 weeks ago. The launch was at night:
A simple plan I used, including upper stage lithobraking:
After 2 or 3 orbits to locate the target, they finally landed. As can be seen on the attached picture, Jeb was singing the Kerbal anthem after Bob had planted the flag and Bob was just stupidly smiling (it might be connected to the anthem performance):
This is why the place was chosen for the landing site. Unfortunately, the arch itself is exactly the same biome as the surface:
After an expedition to neighboring big crater (East Crater) to get samples and plant another flag they've returned home:
For the 4th mission I've sent a probe heading into solar orbit, currently with no definite target, but there's some 3/4 of fuel in the stage's tanks left. I'll try to send it to Jool in 42 days:
The 5th mission is using just a science jet airplane. It's sent to bring some snow and ice from the north pole. Starting early in the morning:
Because too many flags have been packed in the cockpit, Jeb first went for a short stay at nearby island, to mark the ends of the runway on the airfield there:
After a quite fast trip at 13-16k altitude and 350 degrees heading, mostly filled with transmitting science from above passed mountains, Jeb reached the sub-polar region:
With lowering the altitude to 4-5k, he has began searches for a metallic object somewhere between the flat and not quite flat polar surface. Well, it's quite hard to spot even from the 4.5 km altitude (a black dot near the center of the picture):
The plane is capable of vertical landing... the Kerbal way, at least. That's why it has 5 chutes:
The metallic object has been identified as "unidentified", and as made of snow. Jeb didn't see there anything unusual or interesting, either:
The last part of the mission was to conquer the north pole. Some tectonic plate movement is happening there:
After this, only around 135 points have been transmitted and gathered.
The next mission will be back to the Mun, with a munbuggy, near south pole, and then probably to Minmus.
A simple plan I used, including upper stage lithobraking:
After 2 or 3 orbits to locate the target, they finally landed. As can be seen on the attached picture, Jeb was singing the Kerbal anthem after Bob had planted the flag and Bob was just stupidly smiling (it might be connected to the anthem performance):
This is why the place was chosen for the landing site. Unfortunately, the arch itself is exactly the same biome as the surface:
After an expedition to neighboring big crater (East Crater) to get samples and plant another flag they've returned home:
For the 4th mission I've sent a probe heading into solar orbit, currently with no definite target, but there's some 3/4 of fuel in the stage's tanks left. I'll try to send it to Jool in 42 days:
The 5th mission is using just a science jet airplane. It's sent to bring some snow and ice from the north pole. Starting early in the morning:
Because too many flags have been packed in the cockpit, Jeb first went for a short stay at nearby island, to mark the ends of the runway on the airfield there:
After a quite fast trip at 13-16k altitude and 350 degrees heading, mostly filled with transmitting science from above passed mountains, Jeb reached the sub-polar region:
With lowering the altitude to 4-5k, he has began searches for a metallic object somewhere between the flat and not quite flat polar surface. Well, it's quite hard to spot even from the 4.5 km altitude (a black dot near the center of the picture):
The plane is capable of vertical landing... the Kerbal way, at least. That's why it has 5 chutes:
The metallic object has been identified as "unidentified", and as made of snow. Jeb didn't see there anything unusual or interesting, either:
The last part of the mission was to conquer the north pole. Some tectonic plate movement is happening there:
After this, only around 135 points have been transmitted and gathered.
The next mission will be back to the Mun, with a munbuggy, near south pole, and then probably to Minmus.
... but that was the point! 
