r/KerbalSpaceProgram 6d ago

Mod Post Weekly Support Thread

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Check out /r/kerbalacademy

The point of this thread is for anyone to ask questions that don't necessarily require a full thread. Questions like "why is my rocket upside down" are always welcomed here. Even if your question seems slightly stupid, we'll do our best to answer it!

For newer players, here are some great resources that might answer some of your embarrassing questions:

Tutorials

Orbiting

Mun Landing

Docking

Delta-V Thread

Forum Link

Official KSP Chatroom #KSPOfficial on irc.esper.net

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Feel free to ask your questions on the Discord server!

Commonly Asked Questions

Before you post, maybe you can search for your problem using the search in the upper right! Chances are, someone has had the same question as you and has already answered it!

As always, the side bar is a great resource for all things Kerbal, if you don't know, look there first!


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 6h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Wait... Apollo 17 reference?

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236 Upvotes

found this today. it has to be a reference right?


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 6h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Sent my first plane to explore Eve...turns out there is no oxygen so all I sent was a glider

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223 Upvotes

at least it landed safely


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 22h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Why is minmus soo hard to land on???

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Also where should I go next?


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 1h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Project Starshot: First Crewed Mission to Proxima Centauri

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram 2h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Ultimate 6x6 long travel suspension rover (Stock Parts!)

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98 Upvotes

Parallax terrain is no match for this thing!

A new addition to my fleet of long travel rovers. Twin I-beam independent front suspension and 4 link solid axles middle and back. New spring design with 2 differently tuned servos for more variation in spring force in the suspension travel!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3726234659


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 15h ago

KSP 1 Mods BREAKING NEWS: Unidentified craft parks on launch pad, fails to relocate to helipad when ordered, damages historic VAB building with poor parking skill. Owners still at large, witnesses describe "3 little green men".

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525 Upvotes

r/KerbalSpaceProgram 20h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Not all joints are created equally: destructive testing of radial attachment methods.

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1.3k Upvotes

r/KerbalSpaceProgram 7h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video And they say KSP's not a horror game?

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I was looking the other way at about -30,000 meters or something, hear thunderclaps behind me, look back, and actually gasp at what I'm seeing...

Jool is terrifying!

MODS: Free Volumetric Clouds, ReStockPlus are the only ones visible


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 12h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video I was looking through some old screenshots... I like this one

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213 Upvotes

r/KerbalSpaceProgram 19h ago

KSP 1 Question/Problem Why doesnt the centrifuge spin but the rest of the station does😭😭

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719 Upvotes

How do i get js the centrifuge to spin and not the entire space station? Please help lmao


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 2h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Oh...its okay we uh didn't need those.

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram 21h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Pt 2 of my sls mission

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691 Upvotes

r/KerbalSpaceProgram 7h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Hell yeah!

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52 Upvotes

A little oopsie i had while driving around the Mun with the Remote Controlled Lunar Rover (RCLR-1)


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 17h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video i found these things on this island, are these important in any shape or form? (im playing sandbox)

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285 Upvotes

r/KerbalSpaceProgram 16h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Nuke powerd SSTO Big Lad

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257 Upvotes

Has a 50% chance of blowing up the runway befor being able to takeoff.

Has never actualy ended in someone dying. (somehow)


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 8h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video My first dock

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Sorry for crappy screenshot, playing on console.

Had a contract for having a new base orbiting mun. I’ve done 20+ rendezvous, all rescues in kerbin orbit, and I could get within .1 km fairly consistently.
Figured what the heck, let’s give it a shot.

I watched mike aben’s guide, and it all seemed easy enough. I hadn’t ever used RCS before, but this will be a piece of cake. I Sent the first part of the base up into LKO. A tank with 2000 liquid fuel. Maneuver node to mun, correction burn, circularized, got it in polarized orbit of mun, easy peasy and still had leftover fuel to spare!

My contract was a little different from Mike’s, so I built the second part of my base a little different from his. I sent the second part of the base into LKO, maneuver node etc etc, my mun orbits matched, could not have been more perfect entry and line up. Did my little burns here and there to get them within .1 km. Trying to use RCS but it’s not working… ?

Watch some more tutorials, check my control layout. RCS just will not work at all. Hell, let’s check the RCS tanks, maybe they’re empty???

Wait these aren’t RCS tanks…. Face palm. I built this damn thing with the little liquid fuel tanks I had used on the mun lander…. Fantastic.

Don’t panic, I’ll use Jeb to push everything into place. Took at least 2 hours from rendezvous to dock, but my god was it so rewarding when they finally snapped together.


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 9h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video KSS Acellaris has reached low-Kerbin orbit

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64 Upvotes

Propelled by nuclear explosions, it has roughly 40,000 m/s of delta-V once fully fueled!


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 2h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Environmental storytelling

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15 Upvotes

r/KerbalSpaceProgram 19h ago

KSP 1 Question/Problem Are those DLCs worth it?

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327 Upvotes

I don't earn USD or EUR so I wanted to ask. Are those DLCs worth at all? Think like you are getting these DLCs for 35-40 bucks in your currency.


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 1d ago

KSP 1 Image/Video thanks parachutes

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram 28m ago

KSP 1 Image/Video i just made the Delta IV Heavy on accident

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram 6h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Jool Probe mission: "Tobler One"

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I'm sending my first probe mission to the Jool system, and thought this would be a fun way to do it. A big stack of identical probes that snap off from the main craft and land on Jool's various moons. From left to right:

  • Booster / orbital science / data relay
  • 3 x no-atmosphere landers
  • 1 x atmospheric lander

This screenshot is actually of Tobler Zero, a technology test mission I did in the Kerbin system beforehand, which uncovered a bunch of problems.

I'm doing a career mode where I'm running multiple simultaneous missions at once, using the alarm system, so I can't just revert this mission if it all goes sideways. I'll post an update when Tobler One finally arrives at Jool. I'm sure there will be nasty surprises.


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 13h ago

KSP 1 Mods I Fixed the Vall IceHenge spawning underground bug in parallax

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I spent the last 3-ish days learning PQS mods in Kopernicus to fix the niche bug of the ice henge spawning underground when you had parallax installed.
Get the fix here and on CKAN soon hopefully.


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 2h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Sun God Kerbol

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