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Apollo 11 Saturn V Complete collection [NO MODS]

At the height of the space race between USA and Soviet Union, US President John F. Kennedy vowed to be the first country to put man on the moon. NASA engineers came up with the behemoth that is the Saturn V launch vehicle, a 3 stage rocket weighing 6,480,000 pounds. To move the 110 meter tall rocket massive F-1 Engines were developed, providing an astonishing 7,500,000 pounds of thrust. The Saturn V carried as its payload the astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Of the astronauts, Neil and Buzz stepped foot on lunar surface on July 20, 1969.

https://youtu.be/tpLrp0SW8yg Trailer for the documentary movie from 2019 to get you in the mood :D


Saturn V launch vehicle:
These are replicas built in as close 1:1 scale as I could, referencing Nasa's drawings and pictures. As a small disclaimer I'm much less familiar with the Apollo spacecraft, so there's a huge likelihood I have referenced different flights. As a result some colors might be off or other details might be placed slighly off but the scale should be pretty darn close. Also, since the scale is so spot on, I was not able to get an airtight setup or functional passageway between CSM and LM, to get from one to another you need to aim through their windows and get into the cockpits that way. As you may have figured unlike the real thing there's no space for 3 astronauts in SE so this one is a solo mission unfortunately

That said the rocket has full, correctly staging stages and an automatic lift off. For the sake of interactivity I have left you, the mission commander the responsibility of triggering staging phases :) Comes preassembled in ready to separate stages and with LM as payload.
Note: As a Quality off Life (QOL) tool, simply flying the connecting pin into the Lunar Module receptacle will automatically latch on, if you misalign and miss the first time, you might have to manually hop into the LM and attach to the CSM.

Launch Umbilical Tower:
Prior to launch the Saturn V must be transported onto the launch site atop of the Crawler Transporter. On the Crawler, a massive platform houses plumbing and other support elements needed for the rocket to function, a tower stands besides the Saturn V feeding fuel and cryogenics onto the fuselage and enabling launch capability. The topmost swing-arm houses the White Room from which the astronaut (you) board the rocket. I wasn't able to make a working elevator for the height required so you will need to Jetpack onto the MLP and from there through the elevator chasm to the top 320ft level. As you begin the launch sequence, the swing arms 1-3 and White room retract, and once White Room is fully stowed, a 10s countdown begins. Launch sequence is fully automatic, your next input is either course correction or just fly straight until stage separations.

Crawler Transporter. It's a giant superheavy lift vehicle that transports the assembled rocket from the VAB to the launchsite. In SE I've mimicked it's speed so it's really slow. Recommend you use the provided controls to move it to save your fingers the strain of holding W :) The only piece from DLC is the industrial cockpit used in the crawler, literally everything else is fully vanilla!

You will need to disable block limits. 110K PCU, 90K blocks.


Ascent stage:

Build a level launch site from Large blocks to ensure rocket leaves smoothly.
Spawn in the set
Use the crawler to position yourself to the launch site as desired and if you have stilts from pistons (see screenshots) or similar to leave the MLP onto, press 4 to release the MLP from the Crawler and drive away from beneath.

Use Jetpack to get onto the MLP and use the elevator chasm to get to top floor (for maximum immersion ^^)
Walk the swing arm get in the cockpit through the window of the command module capsule
Pressing [2] on the hotbar will start the automated launch sequence!
Take control of the remote with [1]

Provided you're on course and stable,
at 0.5G start Stage 1 separation with [2]. This will separate the S-IC, Interstage and Launch Escape System in correct order.
At 0.2G press [3] to separate S-II from S-IVB
At 0 G turn off S-IVB Thruster with [4], aim at moon and re-enable thrust [4] or go for Transposition and docking phase by separating S-IVB from Command Service Module (CSM)

Turn the CSM RCS and Thruster on, flip around and line up the rotor part from CSM with Lunar module (LM), drive (carefully!) into the rotor, you will hear a sensor go off and you'll have docked with the LM!
Pull the LM out from the payload area. A slight clockwise roll at start helps keep things clean :)
Aim at moon again, and go!

[EITHER COAST TO MOON OR COPY/PASTE THE APOLLO 11 CSM/LM COMBO TO MOON ORBIT]

Lunar stage:

In lunar orbit, switch to LM cockpit (aim through window of LM to find it)
Open the landing legs [1]
Turn on LM RCS and LM Thruster and disconnect from CSM with LM hatch detach, fly down to moon... do your thing. Recommend you don't use inertia dampeners as descent vehicle engine is way overpowered lol

Once done on Moon, turn on AV thruster [8] and disconnect with Descent vehicle [9]
Fly back to CSM, dock, turn off LM RCS and AV thruster (or don't if you want to skip the next step)
Back in CSM cockpit, take control of Remote, aim at moon, accelerate a bit and detach the LM with [8], it should now impact with moon.

Fly or copypaste yourself back at Earth orbit.

Earth Orbit again:
Aim at Earth, estimate your freefall trajectory and go back into the cockpit, not the remote this time and hit [8] to detach Command Module from Service module. Leave the RCS on so you'll have some separation with the two after detaching.
Fall down, ensure parachutes are on and you should land safely :)

Mission complete!

Thanks to I N F A M O U S for letting me use his Bell 212 Helicopter for the screenies :)
Skybox: Space Just got Real by Dr. Novikov

A separate Blueprint with only the Saturn V rocket
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2070785277