Duna Colonization - Phase 1
The first vehicle to be launched to Duna was the rover 'Discovery', designed to scout the selected site of the colony to find a sufficiently flat location to safely land the habitat modules.
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| Pre-dawn launch of the Mission to deliver the Discovery rover to the surface of Duna. |
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| Discovery Rover in aeroshell beginning de-orbit burn. |
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| Discovery rover descending to Duna's surface protected by the aeroshell. |
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| Drogue Chute's deployed to facilitate the separation of the Discovery Rover from the protective aeroshell |
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| Discovery Rover descending to Duna's surface safely. |
The Colony, built with Umbra Space Industries OKS/MKS Modular Kolonization System was attached to a rigid sky-crane frame in orbit, and consisted of a Colony Control Center, Kerbaltat, Airponics Module, Power Module and Biolab. The Airponics Module includes 2 inflatable airponics bays, and the Kerbitat includes two inflatable habitation modules.
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| Colony Core descending via skycrane to the site selected by the Discovery Rover. |
After the colony was safely landed, the Skycrane detached and flew off, to crash in a nearby crater.
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| Connecting Kerbaltubes, airponics bays and habitats deployed remotely. The colony awaits the arrival of the Crew. |
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