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Note: I have gotten this on another account that got compromised to a point I needed to just start over with a new account. I have obtained this achievement the day before I posted this solution.
Just wanted to mention this to clear up any possible confusion this may cause.

This was actually pretty easy to achieve in solo, although it took me 3 tries to get it and I will explain why below. I also provided a video for those that don't like to read much. I do not take credit for this video and also differs from what I have written but follows roughly the same steps. This is how I went about doing it, but first here is the breakdown of the amount of points you will need to have acquired by the end of Wave 7.

All doors to access the Lunar lander pads: 7750 points.
To fly the Lunar Lander's to access Launch Protocol: 750 points.
For the Pack-a-Punch: 5000 points.
For a grand total of 13500 points.

Waves 1-2 you will stay in the area the lunar lander takes you to start. First off go buy the Revive, just in case.
On the first wave let them break through the barriers, so when you kill them you can get the power-ups they may leave behind, shoot twice with your M1911 then stab to maximize your points (150+ each). Rebuild 2 of the four barriers just to be safe. Then just as wave 2 starts rebuild the other 2 barriers to get those points then allow the zombies to break through again and this time shoot 4 to 5 times then stab.(170+ each)

Note: Only pick up 2x, insta-kills, and max ammo's. If at all possible DO NOT pick up the H-Bomb or the Death Machine. Those will only cost you points. Sometimes as you stab and kill a zombie you may end up picking up a power-up you may not want, so be careful.
Also try to kill the one's on the lower level fist, if possible, so the spinning machine does not kill the zombies, because this is a loss of valuable points.
Now by the end of Wave 2, if you did not get lucky and get a 2x power-up, you should have about 2400-2500. If you end up with the 2x power-up you could end up with up to 3100+ points at the end of Wave 2.

Now Wave 2 is done go open the door for 750 points at the upper level and then go right. Go and pick up the MP5K for 1000.

First door bought grand total needed by end of round 7 is now 12750 points.

You will be staying in this area for Waves 3-7.

For Waves 3 and 4 start off by staying in the corner between the MP5K and the barrier which the zombies will be coming out of. This will give you maximum view of the whole area. If you still have ammo for the M1911 and you are experienced enough go ahead and use that to maximize those points.
Wave 3 it will take 6 to 7 seven shots to weaken them enough to kill in 1 or 2 stabs. Wave 4 it will take a whole clip and a few extra.
If your going to use the MP5K then go for head shots to maximize your points. In Waves 3 and 4 they move slow enough to take proper aim, or shoot 2 shots and stab for wave 3 and 4 shots and stab in wave 4. Just watch your back at all times.

Note: Also during Waves 3-7 I suggest to leave 1 or 2 crawlers or slow moving zombies. This way you can rebuild all the barriers to maximize those points and to also give you vital time to prepare for the next wave. Also do not open any doors till the end of wave 7 and you have at least one crawler. Do not buy any other weapons just use the MP5K for the duration. Before you start each wave and you have rebuilt all barriers, even if they don't give points rebuild anyway for this can give vital time if for any reason you need to retreat to the beginning area because they will have break through and that should hopefully give you time to thin them out before the new ones break through, and you need ammo kill the zombies that are left first before you buy the ammo. This way if they happen to drop a Max Ammo you did not waste 500 points.
If you end up incapacitated and waiting for the revive you bought to kick in, DO NOT haphazardly shoot your explosive pistols. You do not get points and you can also cost yourself point's. If you need to get a few zombies out of the way that are to close for when you revive just aim directly and shoot to get rid of it. DO NOT go and buy another revive (unless your absolutely sure you can), it could cost you to obtain your goal.

Now for Waves 5-7 you will still be in same area again in the same corner, but keep moving. This is just to give you a view of the area as a whole so when the zombies do start coming out you will know where to start first. Go for head shots as much as possible use grenades when you need to, such as acquiring a crawler or to thin a mob. DO NOT pick up any H-Bombs or Death Machines this will only hurt you points wise, unless there is only one or 2 zombies left and your sure of it go ahead and pick up the H-bomb for that 400 extra points. As for the Death Machine, avoid it like the PLAGUE.
Now as for carpenter, use your best judgment. You really can't go wrong with it except for loosing some points for rebuilding barriers, but it can also give you valuable time to thin out the zombies before the ones that got stuck behind the barriers, when you picked up the power-up, break through.

Now your at the end of Wave 7 and you should have at least one crawler and if you maximized your points without relying on the power-ups you should have acquired roughly 13000 points, this does not include the door you already bought, and if you got lucky with insta-kills and double points then you should have about 15000+ points. That is more than enough to open the rest to the doors and to ride the lander's to access the launch protocol with the 5000 needed for the Pack-a-Punch.

This may be a small glitch!
On two occasions I have played and have not bought a perk at all and once I turned the power on I got a monkey wave. Just a heads up on this!
Now on to why I have not mentioned anything about opening the doors to at least turn on the power.
The reason for this is, once you turn on the power you risk the chance of a Monkey Wave, and if this happens no matter how much you maximize your points you will not get enough to obtain your goal. This is why it took me 3 tries. There just isn't enough monkey's to get the points needed, unless of course you get lucky and get 2 or 3 double point bonus's the next round or 2, depending on when you get the Monkey Wave before you reach the end of 7. I wouldn't rely on that though.
So you may as well hang it up and start over.
And that would suck, all that time just to have to start over.

Once you have obtained the necessary points, open all the doors and gate's that lead to the landing pads.
First open the gate (1250) next to the MK5P then head right in to the building. Climb all the stairs till you reach the door (1000) at the top of the last set. Now turn power on then open the gate (1250) next to the power switch, DO NOT use the Mystery Box unless your absolutely sure you can spare the 950, even then I would still wait until you have opened all doors and gate's and have used the lander's.
Follow the stairs down turn right then forward until you get to an open door to the left, but go right up the stairs instead to open the door (1250) to the first lander. Call it then ride it to the start area. Now go through the door you opened at the end of Wave 2. Turn left open the Gate (1000) go all the way down the corridor until you get to an open area with a Perk Machine. Open the door (1250) to the right then go through all the way to the end of the open area. Call the lander and ride it to the beginning area again. Now all you have left to do is ride the lander where you held off Wave's 3-7. Call it and ride it to the beginning area and the rocket you see should be all green now. Just head up to where you turned the power on, to the right of the power switch, and press the launch button. Now you have lift off. Now go through the gate next to the power switch head down the stairs and go all the way down till you reach that same open door to the left and go through it down the stairs through the hole in the wall and to the right. Go through that big door and to the right is another and the Pack-a-Punch is on the back wall. Just put in your weapon and as soon as it comes out and you pick it up.....Bleep bloop.....45GS.

Hope this is Helpful.

Here is a link to a youtube video of me obtaining the pack-a-punch before the end of round 6, solo. Sorry it's kind of long, it's the full game and doesn't have any commentary, so it's a little boring. It's like a video equivalent of a "wall of text". :D

Credit for the train/loop always goes to the youtuber Syndicate - http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSyndicateProject.

Here are some pointers:

1) Don't get quick revive or juggy. In addition to saving money, you won't waste a round on monkeys.
2) Starting in round 3, run a train/loop wherever you prefer and go for collaterals. I ran mine by the PHD Flopper lander, just running around from corner to corner.
3) Don't hit the box. Depending on where you want to run your train, get either the MPL or MP5K, that way you can run for ammo if you need to.
4) If you get Max Ammo, and you should at least once in the 7 rounds, reload your M9 and as you are forming your train behind you, turn around and empty a clip through all of them. It won't do any damage and you'll get a ton of points.
5) If you get a Nuke, try and pop it off between rounds where it won't kill anyone, but you'll still get 400 points.
6) Don't bother picking up other power-ups like the death machine or insta-kill. You need the points.

You have to get it while round 7 is still active (round 7 at the latest, I got mine in round 6), so you want crawlers. And remember that calling the lander near a zombie will kill it. Go do all three landers and pack your gun without killing your crawler(s). Achievement unlocked.

This is the only achievement that might give people some trouble on the new zombie map, Ascension. It requires you to upgrade a weapon using the Pack a Punch machine BEFORE round 8 (so during Round 7). I'd advise doing this in a group of 2+ people. I managed to do it with only one other person, but it would be a lot easier with four people. If you do attempt this with two people, go for stabs early on, use the pistol on the zombies body to get extra +10s, repair barriers and always go for headshots.

So there are three parts to unlocking the Pack a Punch area:
- Opening the areas to the 3 Lander Platforms.
- Riding each lander to the Core to unlock Missile Authorisation.
- Launching the missile from the controls near the power.

So from the start, I'd recommend you organise to have 1-2 people, depending on the size of your group, to go for the achievement. That person will require 5000pts to Pack a Punch a weapon, and also 950pts to acquire a decent weapon from the mystery box. The others should use their points for doors and the landers, after buying a weapon.

For Rounds 1-3, use the M1911 and knife to take out zombies before moving the group through the bottom door for [750pts]. Follow the stairs up to the roof unlocking the two doors for [1000pts + 1250pts]. Turn on the power on the controls to the right. The controls to the missile are here also, just to keep in mind. Depending on how many there are of you, have someone watching the window here and also any zombies that drop from the roof, and the another watching the stairs. Personally, I prefer being the level below as the zombies come at you on the same level, making headshots easier. Either way, try the mystery box and stay here till the end of round 5.

At the end of Round 5, leave 1-2 zombies left and move downstairs to the ground level (There's a 1 on the wall). Move out to the left and go through the door here [1000pts] and head straight up the Platform B. Call in the lander and finish off any zombies to start 6. Have one person watch the stairs straight ahead and another to watch the windows to the left and up the stairs to the right. By the end of round 6, there should be enough points to unlock the rest of the map. Again, leave 1-2 alive and from this position, go down the stairs and right, following the path through a door [1000pts] till you hit an area with a pool of water and a Perk machine. Open the door on the right [1250pts] and you'll be at Platform C. Head all the way back to the main building, this time, heading right from the exit. Open the door [1000pts] and go right up the stairs, until you go through another door [1250pts] to Platform A.

Now that all Platform areas are unlocked, call in the lander to one of the platforms, ride it [250pts] to the core, and repeat this process at each of the platforms. This will give Missile authorisation, so head up to where the power switch is, activate the missile and head back towards Platform A. This time, instead of going up the stairs, follow the path down and right and you'll be in a previously locked area. The Pack a Punch machine is to the right in this room. Pay 5000pts, take your shiny new gun and the 45GS for the achievement.

You'll need 9500pts to unlock all doors and landers + 5000pts for each person who wants the achievement. If you maximise your points and get lucky with a 2x pick-up, you should be able to get this during Round 6, and comfortable in Round 7.

EDIT: You can also have your teammates down themselves with frags, and you'll receive points for reviving them if you ever come up short (Credit to DuelFates). Also if you exit the starting room from the top door, you'll save yourself 1000pts as you open one less door (Credit to DarkSlayer00001)

Best of Luck!
MIL5Y

This is very simple to get, I did it solo. The first thing you wanna do is go upstairs and camp it out. When the zombies approach shoot them twice and then knife them for 150 points each, then in round two shoot them three times and them knife them for 180 points, by round 3 you should have around 2500 points, open the door upstairs and go right towards the moon lander, buy the mp5 next to the door and camp next to the moon lander until the end of round 5, when there is one zombie left open the door next to the mp5 and turn on the power, once you turn it on go downstairs and use that first moon lander.

When you land go upstairs and turn left this time to go to the next moon lander and activate it. Now all you need is the last moon lander, once you land go upstairs and open the door past the mp5, go upstairs and activate the last moon lander. You should now have activated all 3 moon landers by round 5. Go to the power room and launch the rocket

Go towards the first moon lander and buy some mp5 ammo, activate the lander and kill the last zombie, now camp at the moon lander and if you get over run just take the moon lander and get out of there. I just ended up running down the stairs like a fool and almost getting trapped, but luckily got insta-kill. Now do the same strategy for round 7 and dont kill the last zombie, this is important because the eachievements asks you to do it BEFORE round 8.

You should have 5000 points by now and all you have to do is go to the pack-a-punch, once you pack-a-punch your weapon and pick it up you should get your achievement. Good Luck

Just to add to the above solutions, which do cover everything exceptionally well. If you are within 130 points of the 5000 required to pack a punch a weapon, dont restart the game. What you can do is go run and stand by the pack a punch machine and bait your crawler to come to you. The crawler you created last round will eventually make his way to you and when he does, knife him very close to machine. As the round is ending (the round count flashing white) quickly pack a punch one of the weapons that are in your possession. You will get it back just in time before round 8 to start earning you a nice 45-Gamerscore.

I just obtained this achievement this way moments ago and figured I would share that fact with the rest of the community.

Enjoy

Here's an excellent guide provided by IGN. It helped me out a lot earning the space race and three landers achievement. This video was made by IGN, full credit goes to them.

Found it best to do with 3 people. select one person who will get to get the achievement all buy the gun off the wall and the one who wants the achievement go upstairs from the start. He will hold down the two windows up here. Don't be afraid to use them grenades. The other 2 guys on bottom let the zombies in before killing hem to get 2x perks. When each player accumulates 4000 points should be around round 4 make a crawler and let the 2 bottom people start opening doors turn the power on fly the landing pads in. Regroup kill crawler start round 5 kill all zombies and leave 1 or a crawler preferably and launch the rocket and it is all yours. I got it in round 5..It seems hard at first but once you get to know the map it is actually pretty easy......found it difficult with 4 people because the money distribution is not favorable

I hav not yet won this but the method is as follows: firstly I believe it will be easier when playing with friends purely because a lot of money is needed for this. So the pack a punch is directly beneath the rocket, meaning you need to launch the rocket to gain access, to launch te rocket you need to activate and use each lunar landing pad, then going to the power switch and launching the rocket. So from starting area go upstairs and open the 750 door, immediately on your left after is a 1000 door leading to a 1250 door and a pad (Pad1) from the 750 door turn right and you will eventually see the next pad on your left and a 1250 gate on your right. The third pad is beyond the power switch which you can access through the gate opposite pad 2, going inside an going upstairs through a 1000 door, power is now on your right, then go through the 1250 gate in front of you, follow the route to another locked door, open it's either 1000 or 1250?! And the final pad I there. Once all pads have been launched and the rocket has you must go to the rocket. From the power switch go down te steps and right, then down the next set of steps, follow the wide clearing to the rocket launch area, and underneath on the right is the pack a punch.

Bearing in mind this has to be done before round 8 and the pack a punch itself is 5000 it is easier to do with people so you can split the doors.

Achievement guide for all of the first strike zombie map pack achievements: For the eagle has landers achievement you need to activate and use all three landers they are found scattered around the edges of the map. For the Space race achievement you need to activate all three landers, once you have done this you can activate the rocket from where you turn the power on, this unlocks the room where the pack a punch machine remember though you have to do this before round 8. For the Chimp on the Barbie achievement you need to purchase a perk then on the next round the chimps will come, you have to go to the area with the stamina up and as you go in to that area there will be a trap on your left activate this and hopefully a chimp will walk into it and theres your achievement. For the They are Going THROUGH! achievement you need to obtain the Gersch equipment from the random box, it looks like a yellow disk, once you have this toss it into a crowd of zombies and you should get five kills with it happy hunting.Please like and subscribe and if you need help send me a message.

All doors to access the Lunar lander pads costs: 7750 points.
To fly the Lunar Lander's to access Launch Protocol: 750 points.
For the Pack-a-Punch: 5000 points.
This will come to a total of 13500 points.
Just keep buying the MP5k and buying ammo as you can wipe out loads. As soon as you have 5000 points get a few more and then let your partner get 8k or keep going and be prepared to spend some points.

One thing I would tell you before you even start this achievement is that it is incredibly hard to do solo (I tried for about 4 hours before I gave up and got a friend to help me), so I would recommend doing it with a friend.
If you want to do it solo, make sure that you DO NOT buy any perks, as this will cause a monkeys round (which will stop you getting enough points for the achievement).
If you are playing solo, start by making your way out of the first room by the door on the 1st floor then buy the MP5K and run the zombies in a circle around where the lander station is, then turn round and shoot them as they follow you (run over to buy ammo when you run out). At the end of round 7 leave a crawler, turn on the power and open all the doors to the lunar landers before flying each one back to the starting room. After this go back to the power room and press the button next to the power switch (it glows green when all the landers have been 'linked'). This will make the rocket launch and you will be able to access the pack a punch room below where the rocket launched. Pay the 5000 points for a pack a punch, your weapon will go in and then come back out. Pick it up for the achievement.
A far easier way to do this is with a friend. Stay in the starting room (one person downstairs, the other upstairs) and use pistol-knife combo for the 1st two rounds, then buy the M14 on round 3 and use it to last you to round 5 (go for headshots). At this point (end of round 5) you should have engineered it so you have about 7000 points and your friend has all the rest. Leave a crawler and get your friend to open the door on the top floor of the first room, where you should now head for the power room, with you ONLY opening the 1st 1250 point door you come across and no more. Turn on the power and DO NOT hit the box - you need all the points you have for the doors and the pack a punch machine. After that head for each lunar lander in succession, riding each one back to the start room (make sure that if you buy the lunar landers you still retain 5000 points). After they've all been used, the screen showing the rocket on its side should be all green and you can go to the power room to launch it. After launch, go down to the area underneath the rocket and pay 5000 points at the PAP machine to pack a punch your gun. when you pick it up you will get the achievement.
By the way - this must be done before round 8 NOT on it.
Make sure to return the favour for the friend who helped you.
Good Luck!

I got this with 2 people by round 5.
what we did was i got the m14. and took downstairs zombies. he took the upstairs. he bought doors and did the landers for the rocket to blast off. i racked up points. i got 5950 so i hit the box once hoping for gershes . and got a AUG. so i pack a punched the AUG