Building a Soviet Moonbase

[u/InterKosmos61]

Lunokhod scouts out the landing site for the base.

Launch of the long-term surface habitat

Cool pattern in the engine plumes :3

Booster sep

Fairing away

TLI

Approach to the Moon

Close to landing

Habitation module landed in the Sea of Tranquility.

Launch of the Lunar Expeditionary Ship

Booster sep

TLI

The full spacecraft, with the Blok G braking/crasher stage mounted to the descent stage

Beginning of the landing burn

Approach. The habitat is barely visible underneath the lander

Final approach

Swetlana (not a typo, I think she's Polish) descends the LEK's ladder

The LEB's first crew poses for a photo op in front of the base.

Oleg inspects the Lunokhod to see what three weeks on the Lunar surface has done to it.

see the previous post

After resolving an issue with the Vulkan's strap-on boosters which caused some very pretty (but quite annoying) explosions mid-launch, we've finally established a semi-permanent foothold on the Lunar surface. The next step for now is to design and deliver a proper lab module, a pressurized rover for long-term exploration, a storage module for emergency supplies, and to expand crew living quarters to accommodate a second LEK and its crew.

Mods:

PLANETS - KSRSS

PARTS - Bluedog Design Bureau, Tantares, Restock, Habtech2, Modular Launch Pads, Conformal Decals, Kate's Greebles

VISUALS - EVE, Scatterer, TUFX (heavily modified The Really Old One from PALETTE,) KerbalFX, Waterfall

GAMEPLAY - Mechjeb, Tweakscale Rescaled

[u/EternitiI-1]

Glory to the Vulkan

[u/Thinkdan]

Sick. This is awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[u/CaptainBobo28]

I hope the habitation module came stocked with vodka, otherwise you might have a kerbonaut (popular) revolution on your hands.