Missions

Missions are a gameplay feature in Exploration mode that provide the player with varying objectives to accomplish in return for science points and narrative progression.

Overview

Missions are accessed from the Mission Control facility at the Kerbal Space Center. Each mission is predefined unlike most missions in KSP 1 which were procedurally generated. Missions can be tracked from Mission Control and viewed in the Mission Tracker app during flight. Missions are separated into two categories: primary and secondary. Every mission comes with a customer, description, objective, and science points reward. The customer is one of the in-game manufacturers which is contracting the mission. The description provides an explanation behind why your agency is being asked to complete the objective. The objective is the task that must be completed. The reward is how many science points you will earn upon completion.

Upon completion of any mission Dr. Keri Kerman provides a mission debrief congratulating the player on their success and describing the customer response. Primary missions also include an introductory mission brief that gives additional context to the mission and its connection to the story.

Primary missions

Primary missions are designed to progressively push the player further deeper into the Kerbol system. These missions generally involve furthering exploration, finding and visiting monuments, and carry an overarching narrative. There are 11 primary missions.

Primary Missions

Mission	Celestial Body	Objective	Prerequisite Mission	Reward
Launch a Rocket	Kerbin	Launch a rocket from Kerbin and achieve an altitude of at least 10 km.	-	25
Out of the Atmosphere	Kerbin	Launch a rocket from Kerbin and achieve an altitude greater than 70 km.	Launch a Rocket	50
Orbit Kerbin	Kerbin	Establish an orbit around Kerbin with an apoapsis less than 300 km and a periapsis greater than 70 km.	Out of the Atmosphere	75
Mun or Bust	Mun	Establish an orbit around the Mun with an apoapsis less than 2400 km and a periapsis greater than 60 km.	Orbit Kerbin	150
One Small Step	Mun	Land on the surface on the Mun.	Mun or Bust	300
Munar Signal	Mun	Find the source of the mysterious signal on the Mun.	One Small Step	350
Bad Signal	Minmus	Orbit a source a probe with a communications antenna above Minmus.	Munar Signal	400
Minmus Monument	Minmus	Find the source of the mysterious signal on the surface of Minmus.	Bad Signal	750
Duna Monument	Duna	Find the source of the mysterious signal on the surface of Duna.	Minmus Monument	2000
Better Signal	Jool	Set up a vessel with a probe core and an antenna with a minimum range of 86 Gm around Jool.	Duna Monument	5000
Tylo Monument	Tylo	Find the source of the mysterious signal on the surface of Tylo.	Better Signal	10000

Secondary missions

Secondary missions offer a wide variety of objectives of varying difficulty ranging from simply landing in water on Kerbin to returning Kerbals from the surface of Eve. There are 30 secondary missions.

Secondary Missions

Mission	Celestial Body	Objective	Prerequisite Mission	Reward
Buoyancy Test	Kerbin	Land a pod in a body of water on Kerbin.	Out of the Atmosphere	40
Spacewalkin'	Kerbin	EVA while in Kerbin orbit.	Orbit Kerbin	40
Going Green	Kerbin	Attach a GSCM-01 "Science Jr." to a vessel and perform an environment survey on Kerbin.	Orbit Kerbin	25
The Perfect Circle	Kerbin	Establish an orbit around Kerbin with Ap and Pe each between 99 km and 101 km.	Mun or Bust	100
First Dibs	Mun	Plant a flag within any mare on the Mun.	Mun or Bust	100
It's Eccentric	Kerbin	Orbit Kerbin with a Pe of 70 km - 150 km and an Ap of 300 km - 8400 km.	The Perfect Circle	100
Lonely Satellite	Kerbin	Orbit Kerbin with a probe core antenna and solar panel.	One Small Step	100
Escaping Kerbin	Kerbol	Exit Kerbin's gravitational SoI.	One Small Step	50
Wheelin' and Dealin'	Kerbin	Launch a vessel with a least 4 wheels.	Munar Signal	50
Kerbwide Tour Kapy Rock	Kerbin	Launch a vessel with a lander can and perform a crew observation at Kapy Rock.	Wheelin' and Dealin	400
Kerbwide Tour Stargazer Point	Kerbin	Launch a vessel with a lander can and perform a crew observation at Stargazer Point.	Kerbwide Tour Kapy Rock	400
Keostationary Orbit	Kerbin	Using a vehicle with a probe core orbit Kerbin at an altitude of 2863 km and an orbital speed of 1010 m/s.	Bad Signal	300
Lil Chonker	Minmus	Land a vessel on Minmus with a current mass over 200 tons.	Bad Signal	35
Are There Fuel Stations in Space	Kerbin	Orbit Kerbin with an X200-64 methalox fuel tank and a docking port.	Minmus Monument	35
Three is Company	Ike	Land on Ike with a crew of 3.	Duna Monument	1000
Big 'n Husky	Duna	Land a vessel on Duna with a current mass over 300 tons.	Duna Monument	3000
Looking Inward	Eve	Enter Eve's sphere of influence.	Duna Monument	3000
Lens Test	Jool	Transmit or return an atmosphere survey from Jool.	Duna Monument	3000
Under Pressure	Eve	Land on Eve with 10 Kerbals and return to Kerbin.	Looking Inward	8000
The Crater Conundrum	Gilly	Perform an environment survey experiment at the Oblique Impact Site on Gilly.	Looking Inward	3000
Mohole in One	Moho	Land in the Mohole on Moho.	Looking Inward	3000
Gourmand	Moho	Earn Science by returning a surface sample report of the Croissant on Moho.	Mohole in One	3000
Second Dibs Gold Edition	Pol	Plant a flag on Pol.	Lens Test	3000
Artificial Superpowers	Pol	Perform a radiation observation in the lowlands on Pol.	Second Dibs Gold Edition	3000
It Came From Laythe	Laythe	Obtain a sample report of the strange creature on Laythe.	Lens Test	3000
It Came From Bop	Bop	Perform a sample survey of the strange fossil on Bop.	It Came From Laythe	3000
It's Breathable Enough	Laythe	Activate a jet engine on Laythe.	It Came From Laythe	3000
Tertiary Dibs Platinum	Dres	Plant a flag in the Eye of Dres.	Tylo Monument	8000
A Frosty Mug	Eeloo	Enter Eeloo's sphere of influence.	Tylo Monument	8000
Ride the Wave	Eeloo	Drive a rover onto the Frozen Tsunami on Eeloo.	Tylo Monument	8000

Trivia

• The total amount of science earned from completing all missions is 86,875.
• Vall is the only celestial body in the game which is not the subject of a mission.