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    Games can inspire. Inspiration should be free.

    The first people to set foot on Mars will trace their journey back to this game where they first built rockets, planned missions, and imagined a future among the stars.

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    Subparts, Bayparts & (Universal) Storage
    •Daishi

    Subparts, Bayparts & (Universal) Storage

    As ambitions grew, cold war space programs began to favour more crewed missions over robotic probes. Supporting the needs of these crew became a mission in itself.

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    Kitten Space Agency Wins Hi-Tech Award
    •Taylor @ Ahwoo

    Kitten Space Agency Wins Hi-Tech Award

    Kitten Space Agency (KSA) has won the NZX Most Innovative Hi-Tech Creative Technology Solution at the 2026 NZ Hi-Tech Awards.

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    Target Tracking Window
    •JPLRepo

    Target Tracking Window

    Visualise your trajectory relative to a target, track closest approach, and plan burns directly from a new window built to make orbital rendezvous easier.

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    Solar Panel Animations / Solar Tracking
    •JPLRepo

    Solar Panel Animations / Solar Tracking

    Solar Panels and Parts now support Key frame animations and Solar tracking.

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    Raytraced Interiors
    •maxpig2

    Raytraced Interiors

    A deep dive into raytraced interiors

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    Segmented Solids
    •Daishi

    Segmented Solids

    Sometimes getting into space requires a little less finesse and a little more force, and for that there's nothing better than a solid rocket booster.

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    Planetary rings
    •blackrack

    Planetary rings

    A technical dive into the inner workings of rings

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    Docking & Undocking!
    •JPLRepo

    Docking & Undocking!

    Yep, KSA now has fully functional docking and undocking functionality.

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    Multi-Stage Rockets!
    •JPLRepo

    Multi-Stage Rockets!

    Kitten Space Agency now has Multi-Stage rockets!!!!

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    New year, retro hardware
    •Daishi

    New year, retro hardware

    January parts progress - greebles and switches and cushions galore.

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    Putting Rocks on The Moon
    •Linx

    Putting Rocks on The Moon

    Taking a look at the work-in-progress surface object generation and rendering overview.

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    Starting Situations
    •JPLRepo

    Starting Situations

    You can now set the starting vehicle and situation when starting the game.

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    Decoupling!
    •JPLRepo

    Decoupling!

    Yes that's right, we now have Decoupling! And Part Window UIs!

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    We begin to dive into Resource Systems
    •JPLRepo

    We begin to dive into Resource Systems

    First raw work on resource management systems is under way. Here's some first-cut visualizations of some resource flow graphs.

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    Getting a Glow-Up
    •Daishi

    Getting a Glow-Up

    Heat is one of the big dramas of spaceflight - whether it's a boiling plasma cloud around a capsule on re-entry, the glow of a heatshield, or the thrust of an engine.

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    Celestial Coordinate Frames
    •gravhoek

    Celestial Coordinate Frames

    One thing that makes spaceflight confusing is losing the "up" direction. This is true for astronauts, but can be even worse for those trying to do the math on the ground.

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    Development Recap Year One
    •Rocket

    Development Recap Year One

    Did an interview with ShadowZone - which you can view on their patreon now, please remember independent journalism isn't free.

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    Pre-Alpha Public Release
    •Rocket

    Pre-Alpha Public Release

    The close pre-alpha is now public and the build is now available for download. The current build is more than a tech demo, but less than a game.

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    The End Of The Beginning
    •Rocket

    The End Of The Beginning

    The development of KSA has only been in full production for a year now, but a long history exists at the studio when it comes to this game.

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