For a return to Kerbin, you MUST touch down with at least 1 large fuel tank and an engine with high specific impulse intact.Note that unless your ship is a probe, there is no need to store extra parachutes for Kerbin as long as you bring an engineer to repack them. With proper parachute rigging, it will require little/no thrust for a landing.Largely similar to a Mun lander, with several key differences: Unless you are planning to deploy a spaceplane in the Dunan atmosphere (a perfectly viable option), you will need something resembling a highly beefed-up Mun Rocket.īalancing this stage is tricky. To perform a successful landing on Duna you will need a large rocket.

Despite having no middle stage it can reach Duna, and return to Kerbin with a little piloting skill.

~500 m/s for return to Kerbin (1700 m/s without aerobraking)Īdditionally, you will need a good understanding of orbital mechanics (see Tutorials section), angles, and a lot of patience.Īn extremely barebones, lightweight interplanetary rocket.

Recommended Delta-V: ~7760 m/s (8960 m/s without aerobraking).

With a little bit of luck, skill, and determination, you can successfully land on Duna and return to Kerbin, all in one ship, with ease.

Possessing a moon similar to Kerbin's, Ike, in addition to several mysterious Easter Egg locations.

Its atmospheric composition is thick enough to support aerobraking, yet also thin enough to permit an uncostly ascent back to orbit.

Its small size and gravity well (comparable to The Mun).

It is perhaps the ideal planet for interplanetary voyages for several reasons: It is likely your next logical step after landing on the Mun, Minmus, or Eve. Duna is Kerbin's second closest neighbor.

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