The SSDW staff has published numerous papers, reports, and books about space station design and related topics. Listed below is bibliographic information about the most significant publications, ordered by date of publication.

Abstracts are provided if available. 

Title	Authors	Publication	Date	Details
Space Station Design Workshop 2010	E. Messerschmid, S. Belz, G. Detrell, B. Ganzer, J. Noll, B. Olberts, A. Zimmer	IRS, Universitaet Stuttgart	November 2010
Space Station Design Workshop 2009	E. Messerschmid, S. Belz, B. Ganzer, J. Noll, J. Schlutz, A. Zimmer	IRS, Universitaet Stuttgart	November 2009
Conceptual Lunar Base Design - Modelling and Simulation	J. Schlutz, E. Messerschmid	Presented at the 60th International Astronautical Congress 2009, Daejeon, Korea, IAC-09-A3.2B.10	October 2009
Mission Analysis for Exploration Missions Utilizing Near-Earth Libration Points	F. Renk	Dissertation, Universitaet Stuttgart, in publication	2009	see below
Space Station Design Workshop 2008	E. Messerschmid, B. Ganzer, J. Noll, F. Renk, J. Schlutz	IRS, Universitaet Stuttgart & ESA Publication	December 2008
Space Station Design Workshop - Konzeptioneller Entwurf Bemannter Raumfahrtsysteme Für Exploration	J. Schlutz, B. Ganzer, E. Messerschmid, J. Noll, F. Renk	Presented at the Deutsche Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2008, Darmstadt, DLRK-081198	September 2008
Low Cost Transfers to the Earth-Moon Libration Point Region for Future Exploration Missions	F. Renk, E. Messerschmid, A. Stock	Presented at the DGLR Symposium "To Moon and Beyond", Bremen, Germany	September 2008
Lunar Base Design Workshop: First Steps in Modelling the Lunar Environment for the Engineering Challenge	J. Schlutz, E. Messerschmid	Presented at the DGLR Symposium "To Moon and Beyond", Bremen, Germany	September 2008
Space Station Design Workshop 2007	E. Messerschmid, B. Ganzer, J. Noll, F. Renk, J. Schlutz	Institute of Space Systems, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany	December 2007
Space Station Design Workshop: Recent Evolution of the Conceptual Design Environment for Human Space Exploration	J. Schlutz, E. Messerschmid, F. Renk, B. Ganzer	Presented at the 58th International Astronautical Congress 2007, Hyderabad, India, IAC-07-D1.3.07	September 2007
Missionsziele und Fahrzeuge im trans-lunaren Weltraum ergänzend oder alternativ zu einem Mondlandeprogramm	E. Messerschmid, B. Ganzer, F. Renk, J. Schlutz	Presented at the Conference "Exploration unseres Sonnensystems", Dresden, Germany	November 2006
Space Station Design Workshop 2006	E. Messerschmid, J. Schlutz, F. Renk, B. Ganzer, S. Belz	Institute of Space Systems, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany	Oktober 2006
Integration of and Algal Photobioreactor into an Environmental Control and Life Support System of a Space Station	B. Ganzer, E. Messerschmid	Presented at the 57th International Astronautical Congress 2006, Valencia, Spain, IAC-06-D1.2.8	September 2006
A Lunar Exploration Architecture Using Lunar Libration Point One	K. Yazdi, E. Messerschmid	Submitted to "Aerospace Science and Technology"	July 2006
Conceptual Design and Flight Simulation of Space Station Missions beyond Low Earth Orbit	K. Yazdi	Dissertation, Universitaet Stuttgart, Verlag Dr. Hut, München, ISBN 3-89963-441-1	January 2006	see below
Final Report on the Space Station Design Workshop 2005	E. Messerschmid, G. Krülle, F. Hammer, K. Yazdi, J. Schlutz, F. Renk, B. Ganzer	Institute of Space Systems, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany	September 2005
Analysis of Parking Orbits and Transfer Trajectories for Mission Design of Cis-Lunar Space Stations	K. Yazdi, E. Messerschmid	Published in "New Opportunies for Space", Acta Astronautica 55, 2004; First presented at the 54th International Astronautical Congress 2003, Bremen, Germany	2003
Space Station Design Workshop 2002 - Interdisciplinary Student Education	J. Osburg, E. Messerschmid, K. Yazdi, J. Uhl	European Space Agency publication ESA-SP-1267, ISBN 929092988X	February 2003
An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Conceptual Design of Inhabited Space Systems	J. Osburg	Dissertation, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany, ISBN 3-8311-4791-4	May 2002	see below
Attitude and Orbit Analysis for Conceptual Space Station Design	A. Hinüber	Dissertation, Universitaet Stuttgart, UFO Allensbach, ISBN 3-935511-13-2	March 2002
Modellierung und Computersimulation von Abschattungseffekten für den Vorentwurf zukünftiger Raumstationen	K. Yazdi, A. Hinüber, E. Messerschmid	Presented at the Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2001, Hamburg, DGLR-JT2001-163	September 2001
An Interdisciplinary Engineering/Architectural Approach to the Conceptual Design of Space Stations	J. Osburg, J. Uhl, E. Messerschmid	Presented at the 30th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Toulouse, SAE-2000-01-2330	July 2000
Integrated Simulation of Synergistic Space Station Subsystems During the Conceptual Design Phase	J. Osburg, E. Messerschmid	Presented at the 30th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Toulouse, SAE-2000-01-2398	July 2000
Designing and Sizing Space Elements	R. Bertrand, E. Messerschmid, D. Thomas	in: "Human Spaceflight: Mission Analysis and Design", W. J. Larson, L. Pranke (Eds.), Space Technology Series, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-236811-X	December 1999	see below
Preliminary Design and Flight Simulation of a Space Station Using an Interdisciplinary Approach	M. Jolk	Proceedings of the 1999 IAF Student Conference, ST-99-W.1.07	October 1999
Morgenröte im All - Industrie-Experimente auf der Internationalen Raumstation	E. Messerschmid	Mitteilungen des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR 93	May 1999
Space Stations - Systems and Utilization	E. Messerschmid, R. Bertrand	Springer Verlag, Berlin, ISBN 3-540-65464-X	May 1999	see below
Entwicklung eines Werkzeugs zum Vorentwurf von Orbitalsystemen	A. Hinüber, J. Osburg, J. Krüger, E. Messerschmid	IRS-99-P-07	April 1999
Nonsteady behaviour of solar dynamic power systems with Stirling cycle for space stations	C. Audy, M. Fischer, E. Messerschmid	Aerospace Science and Technology, No. 1, 1999, pp. 49-58	January 1999
Conceptual Design and Flight Simulation of Space Stations - Vorentwurf und Flugsimulation von Raumstationen	R. Bertrand	Dissertation, Universitaet Stuttgart; Herbert Utz Verlag, München, ISBN 3-89675-500-5	1999	see below
Entwurf und Flugsimulation von Raumstationen - neue Konzepte neben und nach der ISS	R. Bertrand, E. Messerschmid	Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 1998, Bremen, DGLR-JT98-017	October 1998
Vergleichende Untersuchungen zum synergetischen Betrieb von Subsystemen auf der Internationalen Raumstation	C. Fehrenbacher, J. Osburg, A. Hinüber	Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 1998, Bremen, DGLR-JT98-258	October 1998
Avantgardistische Lebensräume am Rande der Unendlichkeit	J. Osburg	in: "Industrie- und Gewerbebauten aus Stahl", J. Uhl (Ed.), WEKA Baufachverlag, ISBN 3-7643-5926-9	August 1998
MELISSA - A Graphical Environment for Life-Support Systems Simulation and Analysis	J. Osburg, R. Bertrand, E. Messerschmid	Society of Automotive Engineers 1998 Transactions : SAE-981754	July 1998
Entwicklung eines Werkzeugs zum Vorentwurf von Orbitalsystemen	A. Hinüber, J. Osburg,   E. Messerschmid	IRS-98-P-05	April 1998
MELISSA – eine LabVIEW-basierte Umgebung zur Simulation von Lebenserhaltungssystemen	Jan Osburg, Reinhold Bertrand, Ernst Messerschmid	in: "Virtuelle Instrumente in der Praxis". Hüthig Verlag, Heidelberg. ISBN 3-7785-2667-7	1997
Entwicklung eines Werkzeugs zum Vorentwurf von Orbitalsystemen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Akkommodation von Nutzlasten	R. Bertrand, A. Hinüber, J. Krüger, J. Osburg,  E. Messerschmid	IRS-97-P-12	December 1997
Entwurf eines Werkzeugs für Entwurf und Simulation synergetisch vernetzter Subsysteme von Raumstationen	Jan Osburg	Diplomarbeit, IRS-97-S-05, Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme, Universitaet Stuttgart.	May 1997
Raumstationen - Systeme und Nutzung	E. Messerschmid, R. Bertrand, F. Pohlemann	Springer Verlag, Berlin, ISBN 3-540-60992-X	March 1997	see below
Engineering Science and Technology Experiments for the International Space Station	E. Messerschmid	First Symposium on the Utilization of the International Space Station, ESOC, Darmstadt	October 1996
Synergetic Orbit Control of the ISS Using Waste Pyrolysis	R. Bertrand, B. Glocker, E. Messerschmid	First Symposium on the Utilization of the International Space Station, ESOC, Darmstadt, ESA SP-385	October 1996
Synergetische Bahnregelung für die Internationale Raumstation (ISS)	R. Bertrand, B. Glocker, T. Laible,  E. Messerschmid	Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 1996, Bremen, DGLR-JT96-072	October 1996
Definition of Environment Parameters for Technology Experiments on Space Stations	E. Messerschmid, R. Bertrand, A. Hinüber, M. Laux	Final Report, ESA PO 152667, Steinbeis-Transferzentrum Raumfahrtsysteme, Reutlingen	September 1996
Synergetische Bahnregelung für die Internationale Raumstation (ISS)	R. Bertrand, B. Glocker, T. Laible, E. Messerschmid	Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 1997, Dresden: DGLR-JT96-072	September 1996
A European Perspective: International Cooperation for Future Space Missions	E. Messerschmid	Space Times, Vol. 34, No. 3, May-June 1995	May 1995
Support of the University of Stuttgart for Space Science and Technology	E. Messerschmid	Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Vol. 47, 1994, pp. 414-426	1994
Zur Dynamik eines elektrodynamischen Tethers	F. Pohlemann, E. Messerschmid	Zeitschrift für Flugwissenschaft und Weltraumforschung, Vol. 18, 1994, pp. 175-186	1994
Research in Space: Studying Materials, Processes and Life in Space	E. Messerschmid	in: "Manned Space Flight", K.-H. Böckstiegel (Ed.), Carl Heymanns Verlag, Köln	1992
The Role of Man in Space	E. Messerschmid	Zeitschrift für Flugwissenschaft und Weltraumforschung, Vol. 16, 1992, pp. 1-7	January 1992
How to Enhance Safety for Future Space Transportation Systems	E. Messerschmid, A. Weigand	in: "Space Safety and Rescue", G.W. Heath (Ed.), AIAA Science and Technology Series Vol. 82	1991
Diagnose-Expertensysteme in der Raumfahrt - Fallstudie an einem regenerativen CO2-Adsorber	E. Messerschmid, F. Pohlemann, T. Roesgen, O. Maier, T. Teufel, H. Funke, H. Preiss	DGLR-Jahrestagung 1990, Friedrichshafen	1990
Simulation of Space Adaptation Syndrome on Earth	W. Ockels, R. Furrer, E. Messerschmid	Experimental Brain Research, Vol. 79, 1990 pp. 661-663	1990
Simulation of Space Adaptation Syndrome	W. Ockels, R. Furrer, E. Messerschmid	ESA Journal, Vol. 13, Issue 3, 1989, pp. 235-239	1989
Studie über Rettungssysteme für Hermes-Astronauten	E. Messerschmid, A. Weigand	DGLR-Jahrestagung 1988, Darmstadt	1988
Safety in Manned Space Flight	E. Messerschmid	Proc. of the 1988 Int. Symposium on Europe in Space, Strasbourg	April 1988
The D1-Spacelab Mission: Experiments in Microgravity	E. Messerschmid	Proc. of the Nihon University 1987 Symposium on Aerospace Science, Tokyo	1987
Telescience: A Concept for Scientific Experiment Operation in Space	B. Feuerbacher, E. Messerschmid	Zeitschrift für Flugwissenschaften und Weltraumforschung, Vol. 11, 1987, pp. 71-77	1987
Prinzipien für eine neue Ästhetik. Weltraumstationen, Transportmedien und neue Materialien	E. Messerschmid	Der Architekt, 12/1986	December 1986

Book "Space Stations"

The new standard reference for aerospace engineers:

"Space Stations - Systems and Utilization"

Messerschmid, E.; Bertrand, R.

Springer, Berlin 1999. ISBN 3-540-65464-X. - Deutsche Ausgabe (1997) leider vergriffen

Contents
Space stations are important platforms for research and technology development in space. They also represent excellent examples for studies of the system design process of complex technological systems and its associated problems.

Accordingly, this book was written as a textbook for aerospace students and as a ready reference for engineers and other employees of the aerospace industry and related governmental organizations and institutions. It serves as the main reference for space systems and systems design studies, and as a source of information about space-related technologies, knowledge and procedures.

The contents are presented in thirteen chapters, plus extensive references, glossary and index sections. Select chapters are available as PDF file for on-line review.

1. Introduction
2. History and Current Development
3. Orbital Environment
4. Environmental Control and Life Support
5. Power and Thermal Control System
6. Attitude and Orbit Control System
7. Utilization
8. Microgravity
9. System Engineering
10. Synergisms
11. Human Factors
12. Logistics, Communications, Operations
13. The International Space Station

A multitude of figures, tables and diagrams illustrate the information presented and facilitate the understanding of the concepts discussed.

This book is required reading for students attending the space station lecture at the University of Stuttgart, and for Space Station Design Workshop participants.

About the Authors:
Prof. Dr. E. Messerschmid
is currently professor at the "Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme" (IRS; Space Systems Institute) of the Aerospace Department of the University of Stuttgart. He was head of the European Astronaut Centre ( EAC) from 2000-2004. Previously, he was director of the IRS and head of the SSDW team. An expert in the area of space systems, he is a member of various advisory and review committees of ESA and DLR. As a former science astronaut (D-1 Mission, 1985), he has first-hand experience with research in space. See his homepage for further details.

Dr.-Ing. R. Bertrand
is currently working as a project manager in the space industry. He was a research engineer at the IRS for six years, specializing in analysis and design of complex orbital systems. He developed the design methodology described in this book, which was presented, discussed, applied and improved in many lectures and workshops. His doctoral thesis is on "Design and Flight Simulation of Space Stations".

Book "Human Spaceflight"

Designed for those who manage, design, or operate systems for human spaceflight. Provides end-to-end coverage of designing human space systems for Earth, Moon and Mars:

"Human Spaceflight:
Mission Analysis and Design"

Larson, W.; Pranke, L. (editors; chapter 11 written by E. Messerschmid, R. Bertrand and D. Thomas)

McGraw-Hill, New York 1999. ISBN: 007236811X

Doctoral Thesis

Title: Conceptual Design and Flight Simulation of Space Stations
German Title: Vorentwurf und Flugsimulation von Raumstationen
Author: Reinhold Bertrand
Publication Details: Dissertation, Universitaet Stuttgart, 1998; also published with Herbert Utz Verlag, München, ISBN 3-89675-500-5.
Language: English

Abstract
This report focuses on the conceptual design and flight simulation of space stations. The goal is to identify the factors which influence the configurational design of a space station system. This is done in order to define an adequate methodology with an adapted set of computer tools for early conceptual design of space stations. Therefore the fundamentals of space station system design, especially the terminology used as well as a review of space station design history are presented. After that, a methodological design approach for space stations, which takes into account the special characteristics and requirements of the conceptual design situation of complex systems, is developed, and an overview of the computer tools for conceptual design is given. Special emphasis is placed on the computer tool framework defined and developed within this thesis ("Space Station Design Workshop"). Finally, a design example demonstrates the way in which methods and tools established within this work can be applied to a conceptual design problem.

Doctoral Thesis

Title: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Conceptual Design of Inhabited Space Systems
German Title: Ein interdisziplinärer Ansatz zum Vorentwurf bemannter Raumfahrtsysteme
Author: Jan Osburg
Publication Details: Dissertation, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany, May 2002, ISBN 3-8311-4791-4.
available here (.pdf)
Language: English

Abstract
The conceptual design (project phase 0/A) of systems for long-duration manned space missions poses a significant challenge to the traditional design approach used for robotic or short-duration missions. Yet the success of planned expeditions to Mars and beyond depends on the ability of system designers to create an overall concept that maximizes crew efficiency and minimizes cost as well as the risk of catastrophic failure, while at the same time integrating a wide array of technological, crew-related and political boundary conditions.
The interdisciplinary approach presented in this report proposes putting the focus on the most efficient integration of the crew into a space system as one solution to this conceptual design problem. Thus, human-rated space structures – be they inhabited orbital or planetary stations, or piloted interplanetary transfer vehicles – are treated by the designers not as “machinery-with-attached-crew” like earlier spacecraft, but primarily as habitats, in order to assure mission success under conditions of long-term isolation, confinement and risk.
The proposed approach is based on space systems engineering methodology and associated software tools, with key elements from terrestrial architectural practice added. It also provides software specifically developed for the analysis of life support systems – a crucial component of human-rated space systems – during the early phase of conceptual design. Several examples are given to demonstrate the validity of this truly interdisciplinary approach.

Doctoral Thesis

Title: Conceptual Design and Flight Simulation of Space Station Missions beyond Low Earth Orbit
German Title: Vorentwurf und Flugsimulation von Raumstationsmissionen außerhalb des erdnahen Weltraums
Author: Kian Yazdi
Publication Details: Dissertation, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany, January 2006, ISBN 3-89963-441-1.
Language: English

Abstract
This dissertation documents an investigation on space station missions beyond low Earth orbit, namely in the Earth-Moon system. The goal is to develop and extend the methodology and software tools of the conceptual design process of space stations in the context of future mission scenarios and architectures.
First, the methodological approach for human spaceflight mission design is discussed with taking into account characteristics and requirements of interdisciplinary teamwork and software tool support. Then the emphasis lies on the computer programmes developed for space systems modelling and dynamic flight simulation. Finally, a design example demonstrates the application on a conceptual design problem targeting at a space station at the lunar Lagrange point one (LL1), upon which near-term lunar surface exploration missions can build.
Challenged by the constraint of using existing European/Russian technology and infrastructure elements, the results manifest the feasibility of such a space station and outline potential enhancements of the current infrastructure. The station configuration and modules, the transfer vehicles for crew and cargo transport, the station's life support system and a logistics concept are documented. The results show that such a Lagrange Space Station (LSS) offers various advantages for lunar exploration and indicate potentials where the International Space Station (ISS) can beneficially support lunar scenarios.

Doctoral Thesis

Title: Mission Analysis for Exploration Missions Utilizing Near-Earth Libration Points
German Title: Untersuchung der erdnahen Librationspunkte zur Nutzung bei Explorationsmissionen
Author: Florian Renk
Publication Details: Dissertation, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany, in publication.
Language: English

Abstract
In this work the near-Earth libration points are investigated as staging locations for future manned space exploration missions. Libration points are special points in a system of two bodies orbiting each other, e.g. the Sun and the Earth or the Earth and the Moon, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies provides exactly the centripetal force such that a third body in this point can rotate with them and thus does not change its relative position with respect to the two main bodies. Seven libration points are in the vicinity of Earth, five Earth-Moon and the two collinear Sun-Earth libration points close to the Earth. These points are of interest as locations for large space telescopes and as staging location for human exploration missions.
The thesis develops orbit construction mechanisms, classifies the different kinds of orbits existing about the libration points and generates a map of the Earth-Moon libration point region, including occultation avoidance for EML2 orbits. In the following step the transfer from Earth towards the Earth-Moon libration points is investigated, divided into fast and slow transfers, where the fast ones have transfer times of less than one month and the slow transfers, which can reduce velocity requirements by exploiting natural effects, can have transfer times of up to one year. Since the collinear libration point of the Earth-Moon and the Sun-Earth system are energetically close together, transfer trajectories between both regions are investigated. These can be used for low cost transfers of satellites in orbit about the Sun-Earth libration points towards the Earth-Moon libration point region in order to allow for satellite servicing.
On the basis of the results of the investigations described above, a conceptual design study for a crewed vehicle supporting lunar exploration and servicing of Sun-Earth libration point satellites is then performed with the help of the Space Station Design Workshop. The outcome features a man-tended space station in a small Lissajous orbit about the translunar Earth-Moon libration point.