PROGRAM AUTHORITY
NASA
Mission objectives, contract authority, satellite networks. Unlimited operating budget. Doesn't build hardware — but everyone answers to them.
MAJOR · LAUNCH SYSTEMS
KOEING
Built the SLS family. R-SLS2 is now the program's primary crew vehicle — 2/2 missions, abort-equipped, the new safety standard. The cheap reliable answer to MunShot.
MAJOR · STATIONS & HEAVY LIFT
KerbalX
Built LSI 1 — the first MSC station to dock cleanly, after the Basic Station spec failure was corrected. Won SOLARCOM. SH-4 launched the station core. Habitation Module on deck.
EMERGING · SKUNKWORKS
KeedMartin
VAJE engines on SH-4 — their first hardware to reach orbit. LSI Docking Hub under spec re-verification before integration. Outcome decides whether they enter the station program on schedule.
Astronaut Corps.
Recruited from across Kerbin. Trained at MSC's flight school in the lowlands. Fourteen have flown; three are currently aboard LSI 1 conducting the program's first active station science.
Full Roster ↗VK
Valentina
Kerman
First in Space · First EVA
Commanded MSC-002. Manually deployed station solar panel during EVA. Found the airlock failure. Brought the crew home.
★ FIRST2 FLIGHTS
JK
Jedidiah
Kerman
MSC-003 Pilot · On LSI 1
Piloted R-SLS2 to the first clean docking in MSC history. Currently aboard LSI 1.
ON STATION1 FLIGHT
KK
Katdorf
Kerman
MSC-003 Scientist · On LSI 1
Activated the LSI 1 science module. Conducting the program's first active orbital experiments. Results classified.
ON STATIONSCIENCE