I had a few odd things happening with my chutes and contracts not being completed (when they obviously were).  So I removed some mods and tried some different things and i think it is clear now. FAR was making my Sounding Rocket chutes fail.  It is removed as not critical. I was not succeeding at the first launch contract because a sounding rocket did not count.  It was fine once I used a built-in rocket.  So, I simply will avoid that contract until I am ready or do a quick built-in launch to fulfill it.  Either way, my contracts are messed up so it is early and easy top restart. CKAN is reporting a new Historical Contracts, Interstellar Fuel Switch, AVC, and Real Plume for Stock, so I am updating those. Adding Distant Object Enhancement (original config), ELP, Procedural Parts, Stock Visual Enhancements and Kopernicus. Ready to start again!