Early Kerbal space program carreer missions:
Mission 1: That�s one small step for Jeb, one giant leap for kerbal kind.
Preamble: One of the first missions you should probably do is check your space suits actually work, I know the fly boys in the science dept say they�re good, but the constant explosions coming from the from the R&D dept don�t fill you with much confidence.
Ship building: Not many requirements for this mission, just go into the spaceship hanger and click on the basic command module.... Launch the mission!
Mission objectives: It�s all in the name of science!
Whilst in the command module on the launch pad right click the command module and gather a crew report, we�ve not put a transmitter on it but you could transmit it back to base if you wanted although the command module only has enough power to transmit one report and we�re about to generate another couple (you could probably shout your findings over to the crowd of kerbals jeering �wtf kind of mission is this� at you if you want).
Next up we�re going to perform an EVA so click on your character (Probably Jebadia if he�s still alive) in the bottom right of the screen and press EVA. If you don�t immediately fall off the side of the command module (space suits do make even simple things harder) then press space to jump off and it�s time for some proper science. Right click on your character and take a soil sample (some of the trash the other kerbals are throwing at you makes a perfectly valid sample), keep that important data for return to the science labs later and then right click yourself and do an EVA report and keep that too (You probably can see your house from here and mission control will want to know about it). Now we�re going to get into space, Right click your character but don�t press the eva report yet, press the space bar and then quickly click it and hopefully you�ll get a report from a low orbit over kerbin (boy are the science guys going to be impressed with the results from this mission). Now walk back to your command module and when you�re close enough you should be able to �hang on� to the outside, then f to board (you�ll get a message about depositing the science into the capsule). The final thing to do is move the mouse to the top of the screen where the altimeter will move down a bit and you can recover your capsule and end this important first mission.
Mission 1a:
Come out of the space hanger and go over to the aircraft hanger and do the same mission again there, you�ll probably need to rotate the capsule so it faces up (press the w or s keys until it does) and repeat the mission. As the runway is a different biome so you get even more valuable science, once again all the trash the other kerbals are throwing at you counts as a valuable soil sample, it�s just a shame the mic inside your helmet can�t quite pick up the abuse they�re shouting at you.
I have more introductory missions available should you want them
