Chief Engineer Prof. Dr. Eng. Spermatov, Aleksei
Privyet!
While capitalist nations like West Kermany waste much energy landing first on scientifically uninteresting planet Duna, Politburo was decide that exploration of interior planet Eve should become priority!
It also was decide that before we can send expensive machine like rover etc, we should first make complete precursor mission which touchdown and study Eve.
With new version we have no more good rocket, so for now liftoff remain in hand of KKGB, which have only allowed us to make simple Perestroika ICBM.
Takeoff spaceport Baikonur.
We not like math, and only follow standard procedure for arriving Eve:
> wait for ~54° phase angle
> launch into retrograde orbit
> enter minimal escape as suggested by Poland specialist Hellraiser
> fire when orbit at 12:30 clock (ejection angle) to transfer toward Eve
Creating maneuvre node that find encounter with Eve require too much patience. Finally she is success.
We enter Eve's SOI after day 55.
At this distance planet is normally hard to spot but fortunately flight controller have very good eyes.
We begin break maneuvre wich will make correction to flight path.
For slowing ship we simply aim flight direction and hit 'N', which fire forwards thrusters.
Following images show gradual improvement of flight trajectory.
We now begin closer orbit and make use of new revolutionary maneuvre.
If a spacecraft fly orbit through athmosphere, there is friction and she will make it a bit slow down without use of fuel.
If careful and not crash into planet, spacecraft can save much fuel! This maneuvre also called areobraking.
We begin to fly athmosphere for very first time.
We have a little time and she is used for measure temperature.
We also attempt a measure of athmospheroic pressure at 95 km, but simulation say that we still in vacuum.
Our scientists say this can only be mistake because we already feel athmosphere by slow down our spaceship.
This totally clear as you can see orbits get closer and closer every approach!!!
To separate we now use docking port, this has advantage to use when we want, and not only in order of staging.
Otherwise this works the same and we fire connection between our probes one and two. First one will remain in orbit, the other is going to land over planet.
We correct trajectory to land somewhere in three interesting craters. We just learned how to make use of maneuvre nodes, and become absolutely surprised how this can get very precise!!
We said we want to land over craters. But unlike many mistakes from past, we aim a bit ahead!!
We can already see into crater.
We have prepare special image.
First that we can also see probe at 200km distance.
Second that stars have become invisible. This absoluely normal phenomenon and not because of Moon hoax!
To enter crater we now simply fire parachute a bit before.
This work very well, our parachute slow us down completely and we fly into crater.
This image already show where we will make approximate landing.
After this there is little bit time and now look around planet.
And now look into crater.
Probe come down relatively gently.
Into very impressive crater landscape.
We find this very good place for historic landing of first Koviet Eve landing!
Parachute fly very slow on Eve, but finally it touchdown.
Then, because of slope and gravity, probe capsize.
At moment this unimportant, but could become problem for longer operation of probe.
Because of it we are concerned about sun exposure of Solar Panel.
In the next days our operators we will have meeting and discuss possibility to move spacecraft with thrusters.
For now this mission was great success, even though she contain many mistakes.
For example other probe fly in orbit. But unfortunately designers overlooked energy supply and therefore probe will remain useless!!
And other image of crater.
This show where we have touchdown.