Saved Jeb from the Mun! Feels so rewarding

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New player here (yes, Artemis II). Got Jeb stranded on the Mun with some sweet, sweet science on my first Mun landing mission with my “Apolla” rocket. Landed him on the edge of a crater and realized I only had ~550 dV. After trying several times, I realized that I simply didn’t have enough dV or I’m just not a good enough pilot to plot an efficient course back to Kerbin.
Read some posts on here and decided to build a Kerbin Space Center Science Rover, “Fido” to motor around and collect ~300 science to unlock some more research nodes for my rescue attempt.
Built my first heavy rocket, “Hestia”, with the Mk1-3 command pod and Poodle engine and crewed it with Valentina and Bob hoping I can increase Jeb’s science yield when bringing him home. Fell into a 15km orbit around Mun before killing my horizontal velocity and landing a couple of km away from Jeb in the Apolla. Shut everything down, and turned on the porch lights to guide him home.
Switched over to Jeb and used the remaining dV on Apolla to hop to Hestia. Did NOT stick the landing, but anyone you walk away from is a good one. Used the EVA Jetpack to cover the last distance.
It felt so good seeing Jeb climb the ladder into Hestia’s command module and burn back into orbit with his fellow Kerbonauts who came to rescue him. So cool how fulfilling this game can be after seeing a mission go well!

TLDR; got Jeb stranded on first Mun landing. Managed to build better lander and save him. Very good feelings.

Posted May 1, 2026, 3:37 AM UTC

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