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Information about and results of past workshops:Student workshops with international participation are held at the European
Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands,
"Ecole
Nationale Supérieure d'Aéronautique et de l'Espace" (Supaero)
in Toulouse, France, at the International
Space University (ISU) in Strasbourg, France, at the University
of Sydney in Sydney, Australia, as well as on our home campus, at the Institute
of Space Systems (IRS) of the University of Stuttgart. These workshops have the primary objectives of giving the participating students the opportunity
As a consequence, the participants should not only be knowledgeable about space stations and human space exploration in general, but they are also expected to fully commit themselves to their tasks during the workshops, in order to play a valuable role in their respective design teams. Another important factor for the success of an integrated SSDW design team is that all members are open-minded towards other cultures and personalities. Social competence becomes as important as a good knowledge of technical issues. Check our publication page for full reports
from past SSDW events. Pages of Special Interest:
Overview of past workshops:
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The technical program was accompanied by team building events and social activities such as a visit to the Stuttgart Planetarium or nights out in Stuttgart. These activities supported both the motivation of the particpants and the teamwork.
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The SSDW has experienced an increasing international and professional response and interest in the workshop. Especially the systems engineering aspect in the education of engineers has been found not to be represented sufficiently in academic programs. One of the purposes of this workshop is to provide a practical approach to systems engineering and contribute to the training in this field. The results of the workshop are valuable input for studies at IRS as well as ongoing work at ESA and international groups.
2009 IRS, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany
When following the development and evolution of the Space Station Design Workshop in the last few years, you should have noticed the emergence of the design tasks beyond low Earth orbit and typical space station activities, but involving many aspects of human space exploration like transportation and staging to new destinations. Likewise, the methodology and tools involved have been extended and updated, allowing the SSDW 2009 for the first time to investigate human presence on another planetary body, our Moon.
Returning to our home campus at Stuttgart University, the SSDW team introduced an even more challenging task to the interdisciplinary and international participants. However, all of this would not have been possible without the support from sponsors and contributing individuals, namely the Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) of the Faculty for Aerospace Engineering, the European Space Agency ESA, the "Stiftungen Landesbank Baden Württemberg", the "Robert-Bosch-Stiftung", Habitats for Extreme Environements (HE-Squared), Ms. Irene Lia Schlacht (TU Berlin), Smart Technologies, and the Planetarium Stuttgart.
Out of a significantly larger pool of applications, 31 students and young professionals were invited to the SSDW 2009, coming from 11 nationalities worldwide and with backgrounds not only in aerospace engineering, but also architecture, psychology, physics, and other engineering disciplines. In two competing teams the participants were tasked with the development of an international lunar base concept to be completed until 2025 for extended human presence of up to 180 days. Both teams developed very different solutions, placing their base infrastructure at polar (Team BLUE) and equatorial (Team RED) locations, and involving diverse subsystem technologies to cope with the specifics of each environment. More details on the workshop results can be found on the results page.
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The SSDW 2009 took advantage of the newly aquired infrastructure of the Concurrent
Design Facility of the Faculty for Aerospace Engineering of Stuttgart University,
supervised by Johannes Gross, providing excellent working environment for both
teams in their local design team rooms. Outside of the technical program, social
events like a welcome dinner, a visit to the Stuttgart Planetarium, and evening
excursions into the Stuttgart nightlife contributed to the constant motivation
of all participants.
The international and professional response to and interest in the SSDW 2009
results, both of value for the IRS as well as ongoing ESA and international
design work, confirmed once again the value of the SSDW approach. Work on the
technical results will continue in the future, while staff is already working
on the preparation for SSDW 2010.
2008 ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
( European
Space Research and Technology Centre)
The Space Station Design Workshop 2008 was a very special event, hosted for the second time together with the European Space Agency at their European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Organised jointly between the Institute of Space Systems and the Human Exploration Promotion Division of the Directorate of Human Spaceflight, the workshop featured a close interaction of the students with experts at ESA.
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One specific noteworthiness of the SSDW 2008 was its internationality and interdisciplinarity, which was partially enabled through the support of the ESA division as well as through the growing network and visibility of the workshop approach in Europe. 32 participants from 12 European nationalities and various disciplines including not only aerospace engineers, but also other engineering disciplines, architecture, cybernetics, medicine, psychology and physics, worked together and brought their expertise and enthusiasm into the design work.
In two competing teams the participants were tasked with the development of a human space transportation system, dubbed Geospace Exploration Vehicle or GEV, but not necessarily involving only a single vehicle. In fact, both teams came up with very modular solutions, with a main staging point in an orbit about the Earth-Moon libration point 2 (EML2), and very versatile utilisation potential towards LLO access, SEL2 telescope servicing and human exploration preparation towards NEOs and Mars. More details on the workshop results can be found on the results page.
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The SSDW 2008 program also included work within the newly inaugurated Concurrent
Design Facility (CDF), a tour of the ESTEC test facilities, a reception in the
Erasmus High-Bay as well as various joint social evening activities with participants
and staff in Noordwijk. These events led to increasing team spirit and intercultural
communication and networking between the young space enthusiasts in addition
to the technical design challenges.
The international and professional response to and interest in the SSDW 2008
results, both of value for the IRS as well as ongoing ESA work, confirmed once
again the value of the SSDW approach. Work on the technical results will continue
in the future, while staff is already working on the preparation for SSDW 2009
(check the news pages for updates!)..
2007 Aeromech, The University of Sydney, Australia
The Space Station Design Workshop 2007 was the first event to be held outside
of Europe at the University of Sydney, Australia, between 16 and 21 July 2007.
Due to the unique location and internationality of the workshop, it was conducted
again as a one week full-time workshop, with 28 participants from Australia,
Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy and Russia.
In two competing teams the participants were tasked with the development of
a lunar space station, i.e. a man-tended staging and refueling platform in low
lunar orbit to support exploration missions towards the Moon while also providing
capabilities for microgravity research and preparation of future missions beyond
cis-lunar space. Both teams showed outstanding dedication and motivation to
the taks and came up with very elaborate results
including top-level system budget data, configuration drawings and models, and
simulation data. A public presentation and graduation on 21 July 2007 presented
the SSDW and the team designs. Take a closer look at the SSDW
2007 results page for more details.
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The SSDW 2007 program was rounded up by some joint social activities with participants
and staff in Sydney. These events included an Aussie barbecue and a evening
talk by Dr. Miriam Baltuck, NASA representative and director of the Canberra
Deep Space Communication Complex in Australia, on the global space exploration
strategy, but also collective excursions into the Sydney nightlife, thus making
it not only a technical event, but also increasing intercultural communication
and networking between the young engineers interested in human spaceflight.
The SSDW 2007 was supported by:
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The international and professional response to the SSDW 2007 was again impressive and capabilities will be extended to guarantee an even better Space Station Design Workshop 2008.
2006 IRS, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany
This year saw a renewal of the international and interdisciplinary approach
with a Space Station Design Workshop at the Institute of Space Systems at the
Universitaet Stuttgart between 23 and 29 July 2006. Although prepared and supported
for the Stuttgart students by the Astronautics
and Space Station Design lecture series, the original one week full-time
workshop character was emphasized to foster and to improve the possibilites
of international participants from various backgrounds. 27 students and young
professionals from nine nations studying aerospace and mechanical engineering,
cybernetics, information science and architecture came to Stuttgart to work
on a future human space exploration system.
In two competing teams the participants were tasked with the development of
a "Geospace Exploration Vehicle" (GEV), a manned transfer vehicle
capable of shuttling between Earth orbits, libration points in the Sun-Earth-Moon
system and low lunar orbit. This partly reusable vehicle, as also envisaged
in the IAA Cosmic Study "Next Steps in Exploring Deep Space", provides
excellent opportunity for maintenance and servicing of the sophisticated telescope
systems that will be placed in orbit around the Sun-Earth libration point 2
(SEL2) within the next years, but it also is a first step in a sustained infrastructure
for human exploration of the Earth-Moon system and interplanetary space. Both
teams came up with very good results
including top-level system budget data, configuration drawings and models, and
simulation data. A public presentation and graduation on 28 July 2006 presented
the SSDW and the team designs to an audience of university staff and press.
Take a closer look at the SSDW 2006 results
page for more details.
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The SSDW 2006 program was rounded up by a number of pre-planned and spontaneous
social activities with participants and staff in Stuttgart. These events included
a Swabian dinner and a visit of the Stuttgart planetarium, but also collective
excursions into the Stuttgart nightlife, thus making it not only a technical
event, but also increasing intercultural communication and networking between
the young engineers interested in human spaceflight. The SSDW 2006 was supported
by:
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The international response to the SSDW 2006 was immense and we are in touch with institutions for next year's Space Station Design Workshop.
2005 IRS, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany
With the return of Prof. Ernst Messerschmid to the University of Stuttgart,
the Space Station Design Workshop was re-organised, integrated into the summer
semester 2005 and supported by a lecture series on Astronautics
and Space Station Design. The true SSDW 2005 therefore took place in Stuttgart
from 16 June to 7 July 2005.
Two competing teams of students of Aerospace Engineering and Architecture were
tasked with the development of a "Geostationary Workshop", a manned
space station in geostationary orbit allowing for satellite servicing as well
as for testing of systems and subsystems and long-duration space missions with
respect to future exploration in cis-lunar space and on the Moon. The results
include top-level system budget data, configuration drawings and models, and
simulation data. A public presentation on 7 July 2005 concluded the workshop.
SSDW 2005 Participants and Staff
The SSDW 2005 was unique in its approach of a semester-integrated design workshop for the students in Stuttgart, giving them long teamwork phases to fully exploit the capabilities of the SSDW software tools with support from SSDW staff when needed. However, it has to be considered that the students participated to the workshop in "extra" time while still visiting their other lectures and obligations in their respective study fields.
It has therefore been decided that the upcoming SSDW 2006 will be a full-time one week event as in earlier years. The advantages of this approach are obvious in the full commitment of the participants to the workshop task and human spaceflight in general during the workshop week. It also enables the possibilities of international participation since arrangements with other European institutions and for accomodation of external participants is much less complicated.
2003 ISU, Strasbourg, France
A shortened version of a Space Station Design Workshop was held again at the
International
Space University in Strasbourg, France, on 15/16 January 2003. The students
worked in four teams and were tasked with the development of minimum baseline
for a European-Russian space platform in low Earth orbit to complement the existing
International Space Station. This small autonomous station shall focus on commercial
utilization of microgravity as well as on a first 'space hotel' to accomodate
two guests at a time. Below are a picture of participants and staff as well
as two of the four designs that were developed during that workshop.
Participants and staff of the SSDW@ISU 2003
Design results of Team Blue (left) and Team Yellow (right)
2002 ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
( European Space
Research and Technology Centre)Based on the demonstrated success of the SSDW team in educating students and young professionals in space systems engineering, the
European Space Agency hosted the Space Station Design Workshop 2002 at ESA's
European Space Technology and Research Centre, ESTEC, in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, from 17 to 22
February 2002. The workshop was supported by ESA's Directorate of Manned Spaceflight and Microgravity,
as well as by ESA's Education Office. Project management was performed by
Steinbeis Transferzentrum
Raumfahrt.
This SSDW gave 30 graduate students of Aerospace Engineering and related fields from 12 European nations - selected from over 180 applicants - a unique opportunity to work on a realistic, relevant space station-related design task chosen by the Directorate of Manned Spaceflight and Microgravity. They gained invaluable first-hand experience with the conceptual design process and its associated activities in a competitive, multinational, interactive, team-centred environment.
SSDW 2002 Participants and Staff
The system design results include top-level system budget data, configuration drawings, simulations, and scale models. A public presentation of the design results and their evaluation in ESTEC's ISS User Centre facility concluded this workshop. The SSDW 2002 also generated widespread public and media interest, thus furthering the cause of manned spaceflight.
2001 IRS, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany
The IRS 2001 Space Station Design Workshop took place at the IRS from 05 to 09 March 2001.
Students from the French aerospace schools ENSAE and
ENSICA in Toulouse,
from the University of Munich,
the University of Dresden, as well
as from the aerospace and
architecture departments of the
University of Stuttgart participated. 
SSDW 2001 Participants and Staff
Please consult the
press release (PDF, in German) for
more detailed information about this workshop. And be sure to have a look at the design results of that year!
The students again received generous support for their stay from the
institut français de stuttgart.
2001 ISU, Strasbourg, France
A shortened version of a Space Station Design Workshop was held on 22/23 January
2001 at the International
Space University in Strasbourg, France. Below are some pictures that were
taken during that workshop. 
ISU MSS6 class participating in SSDW@ISU 2001 (left) and final presentation (right)
2000 IRS, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany
The IRS 2000 Space Station Design Workshop took place at the IRS from 28 February 2000 to 03 March 2000.
Students from the French aerospace schools ENSAE and
ENSICA in Toulouse,
from the University of Munich,
the University of Dresden, as well
as from the aerospace and
architecture departments of the
University of Stuttgart participated.
The picture below shows participants and staff after the final presentation of the design results.
SSDW 2000 Participants and Staff
Please consult the
press release (PDF format, in German)
for more detailed information about this workshop,
or check out this report from a German newspaper. The students received generous support for their stay from the
institut français de stuttgart.
2000 ISU, Strasbourg, France
A shortened version of a Space Station Design Workshop was held on 31 January/01 February 2000 at the
International Space University in Strasbourg, France.
1999 ISU, Strasbourg, France
A shortened version of a Space Station Design Workshop was held on 14/15 June 1999 at the International
Space University in Strasbourg, France.
1999 IRS, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany
The IRS 1999 workshop took place at the IRS from 22. to 26. February 1999. Students from the French aerospace schools
ENSAE and
ENSICA in Toulouse,
from the University of Munich, as well
as from the aerospace and
architecture departments of the
University of Stuttgart participated.There is a
press release
(PDF format) available providing more general information about this workshop.
Some of the design results are also available
here.The students received generous support for their stay from the
institut français de stuttgart.
1998 ISU, Strasbourg, France
A shortened version of a Space Station Design Workshop was held on 27/28 January 1998 at the
International Space University in Strasbourg, France.
1998 IRS, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany
The workshop was hosted by the IRS from 02. to 06. March 1998.
1997 ISU, Strasbourg, France
A shortened version of a Space Station Design Workshop was held in December 1997
at the International Space University in Strasbourg, France.
1997 IRS, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany
The workshop took place from 17. to 21. March 1997 and was hosted by the IRS.Participating students came from the French aerospace schools
ENSAE and
ENSICA in Toulouse as well
as from the aerospace department of the
University of Stuttgart.To see an example of a typical Space Station Design Workshop week, take a look at this detailed timeline.
1996 ENSAE, Toulouse, France
In 1996, the first Space Station Design Workshop was held in cooperation with the
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ENSAE, also known as Supaero)
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