Pretend to leave the world (and April Fool's Day) behind with Kerbal Space Program's NASA mission

It’s April Fool’s Day, and you are probably having a wonderful time … what’s that? You’re not having a wonderful time? You hate everyone and their stupid jokes, and you want to live in space now? Well, let’s see if we can do something about that.

Kerbal Space Program developer Squad released the latest update for the rocket-science simulator today. This patch includes a number of new parts for your shuttle-building needs as well as a completely original mission designed in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The quest has players working to redirect an asteroid that will collide with planet Kerbal. NASA and Squad based all facets of this mission on the real-world program space agency is working on to redirect asteroids that could hit Earth. Like all previous patches, this update is free to anyone who already owns the game.