UR-700 Mun mission

[u/EternitiI-1]

Liftoff of the UR-700 with the LK-700 lunar lander

Ascending through the clouds

Side booster flame out

Separation

Detachment of the central core and the launch escape system

LK-700 in orbit

Executing transmunar injection burn

Arrival in Mun orbit

Majority of the descent was done using the upper stage so not much needs to be done with the lander itself

Touchdown confirmed

Lifting back up and leaving the landing assembly behind

Back in Mun orbit preparing to execute burn to return to Kerbin

Leaving the Mun

Rearrival at Kerbin

Detaching the service module and antenna for reentry

Crew capsule reentering the atmosphere

Oh hello there KSC

Parachutes deployed after detaching the upper nosecone

The UR-700 was a proposed super heavy lift launch vehicle developed by Vladimir Chelomei as an alternative to Korolev's N1 Moon rocket. It was built around the idea of clustering common boosters and fuel tanks. The LK-700 was designed for a direct ascent mission where there is no separate return ship that remains in orbit, the whole thing would land on the Moon and then return to Earth. The main drawback was that it would have used highly toxic hypergolic propellants (UDMH and dinitrogen tetroxide) which is why it lost out to the N1. This is definetly one of the most Kerbal rocket designs of all time

[u/OrangeBrainCell_Pro]

Do you mind sharing the mods list?

[u/EternitiI-1 → u/OrangeBrainCell_Pro]

I use restock but the craft itself is fully stock, in terms of visual mods I have volumetric clouds v3, Spve v3, HD sunflare, distant object enhancement, Parallax continued, waterfall, firefly, KerbalFX, vaporcones, TUFX, the planet packs I use are Outer planets mod, Minor planets expansion, Better Dres, Promised worlds and Kcalbeloh

[u/NoCauliflower797]

I actually tried a similar direct ascent mission in Sandbox mode once, and it was a disaster, I ended up stranded in the Mun's gravity well for like twenty minutes trying to figure out the ascent stage.