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22 sty 2023 · When you are ready, just start burning prograde until you get an orbit around Kerbin and an escape trajectory from the Mun. An easier way to do this is to just burn upwards from launch sending you straghit up to an escape trajectory (about 2,000km).
Dude, it's very simple. Get into Mun orbit. Then any escape attempt will place you first in an orbit around Kerbin and then around Kerbol itself. So, you only have to get a moderate escape from Mun orbit and almost surely you'll end orbiting Kerbin.
16 lip 2013 · When you want a really elegant mun mission, learn docking and do an apollo-style mission with a detachable lander. That way you can keep the fuel for the return trip in mun orbit, so you don't need to land it and bring it back up....or just add more stages below your existing rocket.
Also, as for free return trajectories, when you're in orbit and on the near side of Mun (That is the one pointed towards Kerbin), fire up your engine until you escape Mun's gravity, and you'll see your periapsis dropping rapidly.
You want to escape retrograde to the Mun ("behind" it), parrallel to its trajectory. keep burning prograde until you get a Kerbin apoapsis of 60k if you're patient, 30k if you want to land as soon as possible.
From here, burn prograde to an escape trajectory. This will cause you to escape the Mun while simultaneously lowering your orbit around Kerbin. Once you escape the Mun, burn retrograde until your periapsis is below about 30 km. The atmosphere will then catch you.
9 lip 2024 · Perform a Trans-Kerbin Injection (TKI) to escape the Mun's gravity. Upon reentry into Kerbin's SOI, burn retrograde at apoapsis. Use atmospheric braking to slow down and prepare for reentry.
