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PERMANENT GOALS · always open · victory points

CREWAtmospheric Return → LEO

FIRST

FIRST ORBIT

Vostok 1, Gagarin 1961

First crew to reach low Earth orbit, carrying a heat shield to come home.

★

CREW → MOON → EARTH

FIRST

FIRST MOON LANDING

Apollo 11, 1969

First crew to land on Moon surface and return alive.

★★

UNCREWED → MARS

FIRST

FIRST ROBOT ON MARS

Viking 1, 1976

First unmanned probe to land on Mars.

★

CREW → MARS → EARTH

FIRST

FIRST CREW ON MARS

End-game capstone

First crew to land on Mars and return alive to Earth. Requires pre-deployed Greenhouse OR Martian ISRU.

Game-winning objective

★★★★

Most SPACE STATION cards (ties: the holder keeps it)

MOST

LARGEST SPACE STATION

ISS, Mir, Skylab heritage

King of the hill: held by whoever has the most Space Station cards. Someone with more takes it from you; a tie leaves it where it is.

Lose your last station card and the card goes back.

★

Rendezvous with stranded craft + return crew to Earth

RESCUE

Apollo 13

Bring another player's stranded crew home alive.

Claimable once per stranded crew

★★

Sample Container → MARS → EARTH

FIRST

MARS SAMPLE RETURN

Mars Sample Return mission

Deliver a Sample Container to Mars surface, then return it to Earth.

★★

Single delivery of cargo to another player's orbital Habitat

MOST

INTERNATIONAL STATION

ISS, the cooperative milestone

Deliver cargo to a Crew Habitat built by another player. The cargo joins their station; place markers on this card matching your delivery size. Claim the card. Any later delivery to another player's station that exceeds the highest single delivery on the card steals it; new claimant places their markers, old markers stay.

Stealable by larger single delivery. Markers track contributions

★

Science PackageSolar Array → D1+

FIRST

JWST

Sun-Earth L2 observatory, 2021

Deploy a Science Package at Earth escape + 1 Dv. Requires Solar Array.

★

4 crew + Habitat + Greenhouse on Mars, 12 turns endurance

ENDURANCE

MARS COLONY

Self-sustaining outpost

4-person crew on Mars surface, sustained by a Greenhouse, for 12 months.

★★★

MISSIONS · money & science · newest on the left

MISSIONS

+1 Δv

ROCKETS & TECH · newest on the left

ROCKETS

BANK · 💰1

1st

CARGO TOKENS

K · 640t

R · 160t

O · 40t

Y · 10t

SPACE CENTER · Blue

LAUNCH

Put a mission token on Earth in a free slot (I–II crewed, III–IV uncrewed) with your pad's cargo tokens, then a free Mission Control. Launched but met no goal this turn? Discard the rightmost mission card and take a 💰1 card.

MISSION CONTROL

Spend a mission's cargo to place a rocket from your hand on it. Spent stages stay on the slot until the mission is done.

IMPROVEMENTS

goals you've won
reward side up

I · CREWED

cargo

rocket

II · CREWED

cargo

rocket

III · UNCREWED

cargo

rocket

IV · UNCREWED

cargo

rocket

YOUR DECK

Blue player’s hand

SPACE CENTER · Green

LAUNCH

MISSION CONTROL

Spend a mission's cargo to place a rocket from your hand on it. Spent stages stay on the slot until the mission is done.

IMPROVEMENTS

goals you've won
reward side up

I · CREWED

cargo

rocket

II · CREWED

cargo

rocket

III · UNCREWED

cargo

rocket

IV · UNCREWED

cargo

rocket

YOUR DECK

ROCKETS

HEAVY KEROLOX BOOSTER

Saturn V S-IC (5 x F-1 engines)

KEROLOXGNDSUPER

Isp 263s

T: KKKK (2560t) ~2290t

F: KKKRRR (2400t)

D: R (160t)

Move spacecraft, keep remaining tokens

KKK	1920t	1
KRRR	1120t	2
K	640t	3
RRR	480t	4
R	160t	5
OOO	120t	6
O	40t	7

Successful launch with Kerolox Booster

ROCKETS

HEAVY HYDROLOX CORE

Saturn V S-II (5 x J-2 engines)

HYDROLOXSPCHEAVY

Isp 421s

T: RRR (480t) ~481t

F: RROOO (440t)

D: O (40t)

Move spacecraft, keep remaining tokens

RR	320t	1
ROOO	280t	2
RO	200t	3
R	160t	4
OOO	120t	5
OO	80t	6
O	40t	7
YYY	30t	8
◆◆◆	3 eq	10

Successful launch with Heavy Hydrolox Upper

ROCKETS

HEAVY HYDROLOX UPPER

Saturn V 3rd stage / Saturn IB

HYDROLOXSPCMEDIUM

Isp 421s

T: OOO (120t) ~119t

F: OOYYY (107t)

D: YY (13t)

Move spacecraft, keep remaining tokens

OO	80t	1
OYYY	70t	2
O	40t	3
YYY	30t	4
YY	20t	5
Y	10t	7
◆◆	2 eq	8

Successful launch with Hydrolox Upper

ROCKETS

Sc2

LARGE ANTENNA

EQUIPMENT

High-gain communications dish. Required for deep-space science missions to transmit data home.

Enables flyby and probe objectives beyond Earth escape

ROCKETS

RTG

EQUIPMENT

Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator. Power source that works anywhere, including deep space and lunar poles.

Compact, decades-long output. Immune to dust storms and night.

Green player’s hand

SPACE CENTER · Purple

LAUNCH

MISSION CONTROL

Spend a mission's cargo to place a rocket from your hand on it. Spent stages stay on the slot until the mission is done.

IMPROVEMENTS

goals you've won
reward side up

I · CREWED

cargo

rocket

II · CREWED

cargo

rocket

III · UNCREWED

cargo

rocket

IV · UNCREWED

cargo

rocket

YOUR DECK

ROCKETS

SUPER HEAVY

Starship booster - 33 Raptor

METHALOXG+SSUPER

Isp 327s

T: 6×K (3840t) ~3600t

F: 5×KRR (3520t)

D: RR (320t)

Move spacecraft, keep remaining tokens

KKKK	2560t	1
KKK	1920t	2
KK	1280t	3
K	640t	4
RRR	480t	5
RR	320t	6
R	160t	7
O	40t	8

Successful launch with Starship

ROCKETS

STARSHIP

Starship upper stage - 6 Raptor

METHALOXSPCSUPER

Isp 363s

T: KKK (1920t) ~1300t

F: KKRRR (1760t)

D: R (160t)

Move spacecraft, keep remaining tokens

KK	1280t	1
KRR	960t	2
K	640t	3
RRR	480t	4
RR	320t	5
R	160t	6
OOO	120t	7
O	40t	8
Y	10t	9

+ 4 equipment cards

Successful launch with Methalox Booster

ROCKETS

METHALOX BOOSTER

Vulcan; New Glenn; Zhuque-2 class

METHALOXG+SHEAVY

Isp 350s

T: RR (320t) ~600t

F: ROOO (280t)

D: O (40t)

Move spacecraft, keep remaining tokens

R	160t	2
OO	80t	3
OYYY	70t	4
O	40t	5
YY	20t	6
◆◆◆	3 eq	7

Cross-fuel root: launch N tons to orbit (any fuel)

ROCKETS

SOLAR ARRAY

EQUIPMENT

Power source for ion engines, greenhouses, and ISRU refineries. Loses output past Mars and at lunar poles.

Best for inner-system missions in sunlight

ROCKETS

Mb1

ROVER

EQUIPMENT

Surface mobility. Scores exploration objectives.

Surface payload

Purple player’s hand

SPACE CENTER · White

LAUNCH

MISSION CONTROL

Spend a mission's cargo to place a rocket from your hand on it. Spent stages stay on the slot until the mission is done.

IMPROVEMENTS

goals you've won
reward side up

I · CREWED

cargo

rocket

II · CREWED

cargo

rocket

III · UNCREWED

cargo

rocket

IV · UNCREWED

cargo

rocket

YOUR DECK

ROCKETS

HEAVY SOLID BOOSTER

Space Shuttle SRB; Ariane 5; SLS

SOLIDGNDSUPER

Isp 242s

T: K (640t) ~590t

F: RRROO (560t)

D: OO (80t)

Move spacecraft, keep remaining tokens

RR	320t	1
R	160t	2
OOO	120t	3
O	40t	4
Y	10t	5

Successful launch with Light Solid Booster

ROCKETS

×2

ROCKET BUNDLE

SUPER class · clips to a K-class rocket

Fly 2 identical rockets as one: this super rocket carries ×2 its cargo at the same dv.

The stage beneath must lift 2× this rocket's total mass.

ROCKETS

Sh1

HYDROLOX DROP TANK

Space Shuttle external tank

HYDROLOXGNDSUPER

Isp 452s

T: K (640t) ~760t

F: RRROOO (600t)

D: O (40t)

Move spacecraft, keep remaining tokens

RRR	480t	1
RROO	400t	2
RR	320t	3
ROO	240t	4
R	160t	5
OOO	120t	6
OO	80t	7
OYYY	70t	8
◆◆◆	3 eq	12

Pairs with any hydrolox engine (Orbiter = Shuttle, Hydrolox Upper = SLS)

ROCKETS

Sh1

ORBITER

Space Shuttle orbiter - 3x SSME

HYDROLOXG+SMEDIUM

Isp 452s

T: OO (80t) ~110t

F: O (40t)

D: O (40t)

Move spacecraft, keep remaining tokens

YYY	30t	1
Y	10t	2
◆◆	2 eq	3

+ 4 equipment cards

Pairs with Hydrolox Drop Tank

ROCKETS

Mb2

LANDING GEAR

EQUIPMENT

Enables a controlled touchdown on a surface.

Soft landing, any body

White player’s hand

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