This tutorial covers building your first ship to leave the planet (and hopefully return safely) as well as the first introduction to event controllers.
The ships can be found on the Steam and Mod.io workshops here:
Fun asymmetrical one
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3364945880
https://mod.io/g/spaceengineers/m/tutorial-space-ship
'Boring' symmetrical one ;)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3364946022
https://mod.io/g/spaceengineers/m/symmetrical-tutorial-space-ship
Chapters:
00:00 Intro and thruster types
01:37 Unlocking Hydrogen Thrusters
02:02 Adding a Hydrogen Tank to the Base
03:07 A Shameful Typo
03:08 Not Quite Filling the Tank
03:23 Filling Bottles from Your Tank (auto-refill)
04:13 Building a Connection
04:39 Block alignment tricks
05:52 Adding a large cargo container to the ship
06:58 Survival Kit
07:13 Cap-splat!
07:32 Aesthetic conveyor frame
07:48 Deciding on a cockpit
08:04 Build a battery early
09:08 Adding Hydrogen fuel systems
10:29 Oxygen tank and O2/H2 generator
12:48 Hydrogen thruster placement
16:35 Don't forget the gyroscopes!
17:17 Adding a drill and ore detector
17:45 Antenna so we don't lose the ship
18:50 Lights and cameras for looking
19:40 Tanks and the stockpile function
20:52 Intro to Event Controllers for docking
25:34 Painting
25:45 Testing lift capacity
26:56 Wandering stones
27:42 Getting to Space with a speed limit (making launch more fuel efficient)
28:35 Using thrust overrides
30:15 Different types of gravity
30:35 Turning off dampeners for even better fuel efficiency
31:40 SPACE! Time to scan some asteroids
33:00 Don't fly directly at solid objects, aim just off to the side
34:00 Finding some ice
34:40 the importance of GPS markers
34:57 Where Platinum and Uranium can be found in Space Engineers
36:04 Friendly and hostile pirate encounters in space
37:10 Loading up before returning to the planet
38:13 How to set up a 'cruise control' for flying
39:09 Why your planetary base won't ever be well hidden
39:43 Adding some style
40:08 Timelapse showing why you should aim to the side of solid objects in space