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When you have such a contract offer in the mission control, go to the tracking station. You can see the target locations on the globe of Kerbin (or whatever body the mission targets) and then decide if you want to accept the mission.

When you accepted the mission,you can also see the locations on the normal map during flight.

The same applies to "Place satellite in specific orbit" missions, by the way.

To easily locate the space center in the map view or tracking station, park a vehicle somewhere inside the center to use it as a navigation beacon (just not too close to the launchpad or runway, because then it will be deleted when you launch a new flight).

I used to land my marking-vehicle exactly on top of the vehicle assembly building. Why there? Because I can :). But nowadays I don't need one anymore. After a few hundred hours of playing I know Kerbin's geography (kerbigraphy?) well enough to find it without.

When you have such a contract offer in the mission control, go to the tracking station. You can see the target locations on the globe of Kerbin (or whatever body the mission targets) and then decide if you want to accept the mission.

When you accepted the mission,you can also see the locations on the normal map during flight.

A useful mod to easier find your next waypoint during flight is Waypoint Manager (which was endorsed by the developers in their dev blog). It allows you to select a waypoint from the map screen and then see it during staging view.

To easily locate the space center in the map view or tracking station, park a vehicle somewhere inside the center to use it as a navigation beacon (just not too close to the launchpad or runway, because then it will be deleted when you launch a new flight).

I used to land my marking-vehicle exactly on top of the vehicle assembly building. Why there? Because I can :). But nowadays I don't need one anymore. After a few hundred hours of playing I know Kerbin's geography (kerbigraphy?) well enough to find it without.

When you have such a contract offer in the mission control, go to the tracking station. You can see the target locations on the globe of Kerbin (or whatever body the mission targets) and then decide if you want to accept the mission.

When you accepted the mission,you can also see the locations on the normal map during flight.

The same applies to "Place satellite in specific orbit" missions, by the way.

To easily locate the space center in the map view or tracking station, park a vehicle somewhere inside the center to use it as a navigation beacon (just not too close to the launchpad or runway, because then it will be deleted when you launch a new flight). I prefer to land my marking-vehicle exactly on top of the vehicle assembly building. Why there? Because I can :)

When you have such a contract offer in the mission control, go to the tracking station. You can see the target locations on the globe of Kerbin (or whatever body the mission targets) and then decide if you want to accept the mission.

When you accepted the mission,you can also see the locations on the normal map during flight.

The same applies to "Place satellite in specific orbit" missions, by the way.

To easily locate the space center in the map view or tracking station, park a vehicle somewhere inside the center to use it as a navigation beacon (just not too close to the launchpad or runway, because then it will be deleted when you launch a new flight). 

I used to land my marking-vehicle exactly on top of the vehicle assembly building. Why there? Because I can :). But nowadays I don't need one anymore. After a few hundred hours of playing I know Kerbin's geography (kerbigraphy?) well enough to find it without.

When you have such a contract offering in the mission control, go to the tracking station. You can see the target locations on the globe of Kerbin (or whatever body the mission targets) and then decide if you want to accept the mission.

When you accepted the mission,you can also see the locations on the normal map during flight.

The same applies to "Place satellite in specific orbit" missions, by the way.

To easily locate the space center in the map view or tracking station, park a vehicle somewhere inside the KSC to use it as a navigation beacon (just not on the launchpad or runway, because then it will be deleted when you launch a new flight).

When you have such a contract offer in the mission control, go to the tracking station. You can see the target locations on the globe of Kerbin (or whatever body the mission targets) and then decide if you want to accept the mission.

When you accepted the mission,you can also see the locations on the normal map during flight.

The same applies to "Place satellite in specific orbit" missions, by the way.

To easily locate the space center in the map view or tracking station, park a vehicle somewhere inside the center to use it as a navigation beacon (just not too close to the launchpad or runway, because then it will be deleted when you launch a new flight). I prefer to land my marking-vehicle exactly on top of the vehicle assembly building. Why there? Because I can :)