KSP: How to do an "Apollo Style" Mun Mission!

[@MattLowne]

Enjoy! People keep asking me to make more tutorials so here you all go :) Buy a t-shirt if you want! www.bonfire.com/moar-boosters/

[@joebarrs4129]

Matt Lowne boi

[@joebarrs4129]

Boi

[@strazty4450]

urgay

[@jonysparks8040]

Matt Lowne MOAR TUTORIALS

[@TheScoutsniper75]

woah woah did you use The Wombats my man

[@bruhmomentum5064]

This video should be called “how many songs can I use for the max amount of time without getting copyright claimed.”

[@pcmaster888]

Solution: Talk all the time, very fast ;)

[@kingofrats6178]

rip money

[@Zurtron]

Google search: royalty free filler music

[@haph2087]

Alternative: sponsored ads and forget about youtube.

[@pancake5830]

bruh

[@a1919akelbo]

"Add some panels to make it aestheticly pleasing" 2 seconds later: "alrighty now lets make some a-symmetrical parts stick out the sides"

[@Ethan_Roberts]

We all know that Jeb faked this landing somewhere at the back of the SPH.

[@orhankeyvan]

You beat me to it :D

[@Summy_99]

nah man, it was faked on Duna.

[@harelko6813]

yup, round kerbin? only in your dreams!

[@bedrockraptor5534]

lol

[@nicazer]

We all know Kerbin is skuare

[@AloysiusDente]

Something I see people usually getting wrong about Apollo-style missions: The actual Apollo missions would approach the leading side of the moon rather than the trailing side. They did this so they would be on a "slingshot" free return trajectory if anything went wrong (like on Apollo 13).

[@MattLowne]

Yeah for some reason I forgot this incredibly fundamental fact until after the mission was done. But at that point I thought "eh, it'll do" lol

[@OBtheamazing]

Did you know that only the first three Apollo missions did a “true” free return moon trajectory. After a while they decided that it was easier to just undershoot the moon and correct it with a transition burn. So it is a free return but doesn’t invoke the famous figure eight

[@lostnumbr]

@Silviu Vulcan they didn't realise this until the investigation afterwards but the lem was constantly pushing them off course with its venting cooling vapor. This was why they had to make that manual control burn ( retrograde I think), and why their they was reentry was shallow and the blackout lasted so long.

[@henrijayy]

Apollo 13; the succesful faliure.

[@ryanspence5831]

@@lostnumbr It was radial out i believe

[@kdm_6799]

...if you care about Kerbal lives. But I don’t. Thats the best thing I heard today.

[@XxViperBite]

I am the first reply after 2 years

[@kdm_6799]

@@XxViperBite What's up

[@XxViperBite]

Hi

[@kdm_6799]

@@XxViperBite Hi

[@XxViperBite]

I tried to make a rover it didn’t move

[@jayshockx1678]

Timestamp: construction: 0:25 Getting to kerbin orbit: 06:36 Getting to the mun: 09:20 Landing on the mun: 13:25 Apollo rendezvous: 16:52 Returning to kerbin: 23:50 :)

[@crxstalline_]

How I did this mission: Step 1: Install MechJeb Step 2: Launch Step 3: Get to Orbit Step 4: Activate MechJeb Step 5: Go eat a sandwich

[@keksemonster5850]

Whats MechJeb?!?!

[@tollyjones1344]

@@keksemonster5850 it's kinda like an autopilot

[@henrijayy]

@@keksemonster5850 It's a mod that makes your KSP career infinitely easier. Side-effects may include: Actually not knowing how to land.

[@radughita1992]

Yeah but that takes out all the fun

[@bandrea610]

@@keksemonster5850 it's cheating

[@InventorZahran]

"Suicide burn... that's very hard to do." *Laughs in SpaceX*

[@holyspacekraken1733]

hey matt, I have an idea for you. Try to fake the mun landings on duna (aka transport filming equipment, props, etc to duna to try and make a possibly convincing mun landing hoax)

[@fraserdowd6552]

because we all know that the moon landings were faked in a hanger on mars

[@holyspacekraken1733]

Exactly! Need to improve historical accuracy matt! :p

[@holyspacekraken1733]

I guess the main part of the challenge will be to transport the hanger to duna

[@nominal2517]

Holyspacekraken 1 u serious?

[@holyspacekraken1733]

Mlgm8 I'm serious about the challenge, moon hoax stuff is just a joke.

[@anvarshaambadan4031]

I have a challenge for you Matt Easy Mode:Land a 3 man crew on all celestial bodies you can land on in the kerbol system in one launch (no mining, obviously) Hard Mode:Capture a class e asteroid on your way back

[@SMD234WG]

YEAH!

[@BiggestNoodle]

Ben Zapolski Hello man from the past is 2018 great?

[@pedrovicnt_]

Ion engines and nervs mix: henlo

[@spacex3144]

Construction 00:29 In a orbit 06:36 Mun orbit 09:20 Landing 14:34 Apollo rendezvous 16:52 Back to kerbin 23:50. I am free so i do this.

[@michellehislop1031]

lol thanks

[@jorgen5503]

IN case you didn't know... You can use the Caps Lock to use another function, which smoothes the use of the wasd so it's not so abrupt

[@jorgen5503]

Also makes it muuuuch easier to dock, it also smoothes out the rcs

[@jorgen5503]

GrandProtectorDark indeed, all you need to do is keep the buttons pressed and it will gradually increase its power

[@MattLowne]

Yeah I never really liked using it tbh, but each to their own. It was first implemented for making planes easier to fly iirc

[@ballooningonmars4888]

I wished from my son for Xmess, that we would do a successful Apollo 11 mission. Took two Xmess days, but we just did it. Thank you for your enormous help in the matter. Festive greetings from Namibia !

[@tylerhays1842]

Great tutorial! It's nice to see an entire mission from start to end, with the thorough explanations. I found this helpful because I struggle with specific aspects of certain activities. For example, when burning to land on the Mun, I am not sure when to start my retrograde burn. Watching this and seeing it from start to finish has helped me gauge that.

[@Appolonius10]

Hey Matt thanks for this. Yes we silent majority like tutorials the more detail the better, especially construction, and don't be too cynical, we don't think you are milking a lack of ideas and appreciate that you've managed to keep stock this long. Not all people on KZbin conform to the unfortunate KZbin commenter stereotype haha

[@3ffinawesome459]

I kept expecting a "fade to black" with the music while you were floating down to Kerbin and monologue-ing. Just slowly decrease your input volume while keeping the music at the same level, and iris out or something. Pure gold.

[@ForwardBias]

You NEED to get raster prop monitor + Docking Alignment Indicator! The indicator gives you useful info to help you orient easier. That way you don't necessarily need to use chase mode to get an idea on where to move. It has integration with Raster prop monitor (Adds cool displays inside the IVA just like a modern plane) and it lets you have a camera view based on the docking port on the display. Makes it super easy to orient yourself and adjust your approach velocities. Definitely recommend. It is super cool to fiddle around with. I also suggest the "Vessel Viewer" addon for RPM. It lets you get a cool model view of your ship on the IVA display.

[@Maple_MK]

I've watched both of your Apollo Reddit Challenge videos, but this is way cooler. I think it's great that you're finally doing tutorials!

[@Boemel]

Thanks for showing the auto-strut, been playing for years and NEVER seen anyone do it nor did i know about this.

[@ethanzhang5683]

Matt you could do like a full career mode. That might help quite a few people because it forces you to start basic.

personally, i would recommend "science" mode for beginners.

[@pedrovicnt_]

Science mode is b e t t e r

[@AlwafiCharki]

i love this guy he actually put the ad in the end wut a legend

[@flodartify]

I play in career mode, and an apollo style mission bring back less science, it's better to keep an engin, or just fuel tank, on the moon orbite and only one module as the lander and the command pod. Now, I do it with an nerv engin that stays in kerbin low orbite, and I bring tourists with a single lander-command-refueling ship, it's very economic ! :D Sorry about my english if I made mistakes, I'm not english... But I love your videos ! :)

[@jonysparks8040]

Everyone who reads this: I wish you a merry christmas full of love with your family :)

[@MWSin1]

What have you got against people who didn't read this?

[@jamiehayn]

Alpha i got* and how old r u

[@ricecakes5696]

Jony Sparks merry Christmas

[@babythorgaming2166]

What's a family?

[@comrat9805]

to you too!

[@jordanray1537]

This was great matt! Difference between you and other tutorials is that it is not boring, so it would be great if you could keep doing them!

[@jacktorrance3522]

Your tutorials are great Matt so please do more. I have about 400 hours sunk into KSP and I'm fairly proficient but I'm always learning new things and better ways of doing it, often from your videos.

[@Voyager2509]

as of recent youtube puts auto generated captions, and the ones on this video are the most accurate i've seen so far, its scarily accurate as i thought they were added by matt himself.

[@geostorm8192]

Thanks! My Eeloo return mission was actually successful and I most definitely did NOT strand them in deep space! It really helped!

[@greatgruff1442]

Matt you manic master of the media momentum mechanism, you have produced yet another brilliant video. Not the tutorial aspect, that was rubbish, well maybe not that bad, but I'm getting off topic. The reason I, dare I say we, love your contributions are because they are extremely entertaining. I suspect a large proportion of your audience can already perform the subject of the tutorial but we watch to try and get a glimpse of how you design your ships and simply enjoy watching and listening to you. Thank you and please don't stop. P.S. My vote would be to watch you do a career mode play through (cash and science) to see how you overcome the constraints. Don't worry that other you tubers may have done this before, it doesn't matter. I have never fallen asleep watching your videos

[@joshstainthorpe9727]

thank you for the tutorial! PS. in the Apollo missions they did a sort of figure 8 to the moon instead of an oval trajectory just for future reference to keep it true to the Apollo missions. great video!

[@X15Gaming]

Very informative tutorial, it was quite entertaining as well!

[@qibble455]

I think you should not worry if a topic has already been covered. I'd always like to watch your take on it. For example, I enjoyed this video a lot and I just watched Scott's version of it.

[@caitlinla1858]

Omg I just realized you posted this on my birthday! It’s like a birthday gift for me! Thanks a lot Matt!😀

[@adambarta.s]

This video is awesome, I wouldnt mind more tutorials at all. You talk about lot of interesting stuff while flying. I enjoy that. Ye and the music on the background is great!! You are definitely my favorite KSP channel (I just started playing it) :)

[@kkme7]

I really appreciate this tutorial. Although I know my way around in KSP, seeing the step by step of someone else was nice/reassuring to see!

[@Cassi.D.Sunset]

I've always loved doing Apollo Style landings. On my last one, I attached a bunch of seperatrons to the second stage of my lander to give it a bit of a boost on its way up.

[@princeendymion9044]

Best stock way of building a Apollo style lander i've seen (Even though you could just download the FASA mod which has the entire Apollo Spacecraft in it)

[@soryusedtoblameneithernowb3714]

I would love some more of these to some of the different celestial bodies in the Kerbol system, not necessarily imitating the style of a certain real mission though, and I am sure that many newer players would really appreciate the guidance. Keep it up, well done!

[@LestatTVPickle]

Love the tutorials, I'd rather watch/listen to you do it than someone else.

[@Klove1281]

Dude the music on this is kickass lmao. Was surprised by the AM song but I was grooving the whole damn video lmao

[@Hovado_Lesni]

Happy Christmas Matt, and yes we want more videos like this

[@georgeterrill7279]

Have made many Apollo style landings? Yes, many. Will I still watch a Matt Lowne tutorial on it for fun? Absolutely.

[@hank7898]

This video single-handedly got hundreds of people hooked to KSP XD.

[@crowing7]

Perhaps a multi-destination tutorial explaining how to use the KSP delta-V map, gravity assists, and a brief review of engine TWR and ISP for our newcomers.

[@Ceparator]

I learned more in this video then 150 hours on this game. Thanks.

[@bvsveera]

The docking port alignment indicator mod works really well when docking large vessels / oddly placed docking ports (e.g. space shuttles). I'd love to see a tutorial on how to build larger SSTOs!

[@Remaggib]

I wouldn't mind seeing a colonization series or some such, but honestly I watch whatever KSP videos you put up because they're enjoyable

[@chrismoore266]

More tutorials like this would be great. I'm not too good at this game and want to get better. This tutorial was great, very thorough I felt.

[@danim9919]

the editing in this video gave like 2012 vibes i like it

[@themonitorofinstallationbe8704]

When you said “lowntains” I imagined a mountain with your face on it XD

[@rogerbennett]

I typed up an angry comment about going the wrong way around the moon at 12:50, but tbh, I'm enjoying the video and just wanted to say it was a good mission. Scared that you perform docking with little to no RCS, there are some skills I need to learn. Nicely done.

[@lucianosschlieper]

missed the part where Armstrong saw alien ships

[@felreymiguel5734]

Same :(

[@filthyfilter2798]

Matt Lowne Your voice and your style are the most likeable amongst the rest ksp KZbinrs!!! :D

[@mehmetakharman2253]

It was hard and exhausting but I finally did it! Thank you so much Matt!

[@imoptix4280]

It is great that you do tutorials for KSP... (Maybe make a station tutorial next :D) when I started KSP I didn't know anything and had sooo much trouble... Your videos helped me a lot. Even if you weren't really explaining that much I still learned from watching. Now I know plenty of stuff about KSP and I guess I can finally call myself an advanced guy :P But what I'm trying to say here is Thanks :)

[@ZouhairSerrar]

"... if you care about kerbal lives, which I don't" YOU MONSTER!

[@williampalmer3098]

I love the tutorials! I don't care if it's been covered before, I really like your style, so more tutorials are great! I'd enjoy if you could make videos on how to get equatorial and polar orbits. Thanks!

[@mystixworkshop1289]

00:29 Construction 06:36 Getting to Kerbin Orbit 09:20 Getting to the Mun 13:35 Landing on the Mun 16:52 Apollo Rendezvous 23:50 Returning to Kerbin

[@pigeonApilot]

you do know that he marked that out already in the video right?

[@mystixworkshop1289]

@@pigeonApilot yes but I’m just making it easier for people to get to the time stamps. Also good job replying to a comment from 2 years ago.

[@pigeonApilot]

@@mystixworkshop1289 eh just wanted to highlight that out lmao

[@mystixworkshop1289]

@@pigeonApilot yeah its fine lmao

[@jebediah246]

Marry Christmas Matt. (Hey Matt, WE WANT MOAR! WE WANT MOAR!!)

[@maxxiva5215]

I only had ksp for about 3 days and I already landed on the Mun and Minmus without YT or tutorials! :)

[@Derpikus]

I'd love to see a career playthrough/tutorial.

[@braylonvuong8445]

Awesome video! Merry Christmas as well! :) Just finished the third bag on my Lego Saturn V that I got earlier today.

[@distinguished199]

Merry Christmas matt! And a happy new year!

[@ivers3237]

Matt, I love your movies. insane easy explained, and make it even look easy enough. Could you please colonize a planet or a mun, i mean for mid-term stay? That would be awesome! Again, you are awesome man, and merry x-mas!

[@daniellavoie1276]

Hi Matt! Yes! Please make more tutorials! I'm certainly using'em to perfect my gameplay. Thank you and a Happy New Year to you :)

[@cjsully4088]

Matt can you show me an eve surface and return mission

[@cjsully4088]

GrandProtectorDark very well

[@MattLowne]

lol I have made an entire series about visiting Eve, as well as 2 standalone videos showing a return (so I guess I've made 4 Eve return videos in total)

[@Ypog_UA]

A lot of lesser covered moons and planets deserve tutorials

[@ThePattersonrr]

Keep up the great work mate! Yes more tutorials.....Space station in high kerben orbit or geostationary with rendezvous

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

Y'know, if you're in the mood for tutorials a neatly organized 1.3 tutorial for getting to all the planets, how to make the right ship for the job, and all that jazz would be nice.

[@buddygamesdev]

Built it, launching tomorrow. Wish me luck in first mun trip!

[@et_designs]

How did it go? My first mun landing ended with Jeb stranded on the mun and bob in the sun (dont ask how)

[@lucistired]

The Boeing Staliner will drop its service module retrograde, while Soyuz does it Normal and Dragon does it prograde. I'm going to guess it doesn't really matter for Soyuz or Dragon as their RCS ports are attached to the reentry vehicle, while the Starliner has a much more limited supply in the capsule and the rest in the service module. I'm not sure whether or not there is any advantage to doing it in any way aside from that RCS thing.

[@ForwardBias]

Also, you should have crashed the ascent module back into the MUN like they did in the actual apollo missions (Since the module wasn't necessary for the return home, they crashed it into the moon to get some controlled seismic activity for the sensors they left on the surface)

[@kovacszsolt6005]

I'd love to have more tutorials like this. If one thing I may ask, is to perhaps have a "career-mode" approach aswell. Currently this mission to the mun requires a trip to Duna/Eve or a decent exploitation of Minmus science to get the tech required. I've yet to manage an Apollo mission in Career to the Mun, mainly due to engineering restrictions. I always end up launching a permanent lab, then seperately the scientists and the rover, collect data with the buggy, wait 6-7 years (send data meanwhile) then proceed to play at a comfortable orbit around the 8ball. I'm sure there is a way, I just didn't manage to create it yet, since I'm far from good.

[@kdm_6799]

An easier way to have a mun encounter is to set focus on Kerbin in map view, keep rotating around it and wait till you see the mun. It’s hard to explain in a comment but thats just a tip to beginners.

[@sipsterstudioz5598]

I’ve done this mission multiple times, but I am watching anyway

[@tydye931]

this guy really likes 90's hip hop

[@236Doodad]

Matt Lowne: "Do the thing, and Bob's your uncle! You're welcome!"

[@TheZeemo]

More tutorials would be awesome. Tutorial on how to get probes to other planets but keeping them in contact with your network

[@char2c584]

Okay these are the offical names of all the stages. First stage Saturn V S-IC, Second stage is S-II, Third stage is S-IVB, then the Lander is The Lunar Excursion Moudle, and then the Command moudle and service moudle (together the C/SM) and that's it. Those are the terms used by Nasa

[@davesulphate4497]

Your ad for your shirt is great.

[@felreymiguel5734]

00:29 Construction 6:36 getting to Kerbin orbit 9:29 getting to the mun 13:35 landing on the mun 16:52 apollo rendezvous 23:50 returning to kerbin

[@jamesallington3142]

Possibly a tutorial or reenactment of the Gemini rendezvous missions with dual launches, and include targeted landing zones? Either that or a Beagle-esque unmanned Duna rover with the new comms features would be my suggestions! Always appreciate tutorialsto help iron out the silly mistakes!

[@wiggygrump]

please do more tutorials. they are certainly needed

[@Nachova99]

Contents: Construction: 00:29 Getting to Kerbin Orbit: 06:36 Getting to the Mun: 09:20 Landing on the Mun: 13:35 Apollo Rendezvous: 16:52 Returning to Kerbin: 23:50

[@mesoth5848]

*Tip: If Alt-F5/-F9 doesn't work for you, try RShift instead of Alt. Worked for me!*

[@Big_Nick86]

i had no clear idea how to control rcs or eva packs until this video today

[@voyager6399]

You know that this tutorial is going to work because it’s MATT LOWNE

[@JoshuaJacque117]

For the second stage in the Saturn V, I just put five vectors to recreate the FIVE J-2 engines. And for the first stage, I put the mammoth like he did but also placed a vector in the middle to recreate the FIVE F1 enignes

[@bsalcides]

A detailed gravity assist tutorial would be much appreciated, when I was first learning how to perform one I could never find a good tutorial with good explanation and I imagine it's the same for a lot of players

[@diddlydown1053]

My favourite video so far

[@SymeonPhronema]

I think your tutorials are great. I hope you make more of them. Also, one suggestion would be to slow down slightly when explaining things. For regular conversation talking that fast is fine, but for explanation it's a bit fast. Just my 2 pence.

[@nilaya80]

More tutorials please. Love watching this :)

[@radurty]

my first and second rendezvous missions were capturing an ateroid from kerbins soi and launching a station to the asteroid

[@Kid_Legend_4_Life]

Can you do a tutorial on a submarine

[@aarosundvall]

Step 1:download and install contares mod Step 2: get a soyuz Step 3:land the crew can into ocean and now you sink

[@tassie7325]

I am an absolute beginner at this game and having watched several of your shorter "5 Tips" clips, I couldn't help but watched this when it popped up on my view list. Please don't be offended, but I found this clip to be packed full of incredible information, but also extremely funny. Funny, because of the speed at which you talk. I did actually fear for your life at one stage because I thought if you don't stop to breath once in a while, you will die. Anyway, I off to watch it again - at half speed 🤣

[@beatnik714]

The algorithm has blessed me again

[@Ryotenian7826]

I swear to god, the moment i saw the first rhino decouple and showed another rhino, my hands shiver, and had a seizure when i notice a single mammoth engine carrying all of that. Damn matt, you better got a secret mod there dont u?

[@jonathan.dasilva]

MORE TUTORIALS NOW!!!! Tutorial for each major planet :)

[@janzay6335]

A big thank you to you Matt, thanks to you I finally managed to return to kerbin after 3 hours thank you +1 sub

[@sega9763]

My kind of guy, likes classic rap and space, oh boy what a combination :D