Prof. Dr. Ernst Messerschmid
Dr.-Ing. Reinhold Bertrand (ESA)
Dipl.-Ing. Britta Ganzer
Dr.-Ing. Florian Renk (ESA)
Dipl.-Ing. Jürgen Schlutz (DLR)
Dr.-Ing. Frank Hammer
Dipl.-Ing. Bastian Olberts

Thur. 15h45 - 17h15, V29.08, RZBW

In the beginning, a short introduction and overview of the history of manned space stations is given. Starting from first concepts and visions of different writers, teachers and engineers, various approaches and space laboratories in the western hemisphere as well as the impressing series of Russian space stations are described. One special focus of this part is the Russian space station MIR.
Further lectures deal mainly and specifically with the International Space Station (ISS). The utilisation aspects are introduced systematically and clarified with examples. Also the special space environment in Earth orbit is emphasised.
Space stations as manned orbital systems imply particular requirements for all subsystems of the orbital element. Therefore, the most important and extensive subsystems such as life support system, attitude and orbit control system, telecommunication system, power system and thermal control system are discussed in their own lectures respectively.
A further emphasise of the lecture series lies in the illustration of the conceptual design process of a space station. The lecture on configuration and inital systems engineering addresses this issue and characterises the methodology and tools of the design process. Further lectures on human factors and synergisms complete the wide range topics of the lecture.
The theme of space stations is included in the research and education activities at the IRS since about 1988 and has gained more interest and importance with the assembly of the International Space Station. This lecture series aims at introducing the complex, but highly-interesting and most recent developments in manned spaceflight. Besides gaining knowledge in history, recent and future concepts, utilisation aspects and specific subsystems issues the students can also experience hand-on design work in systems engineering and conceptual design. Recommended complementary lectures are Astronautics and Space Exploration and the Space Station Design Workshop.

Updated information, the lecture dates and contents are available online in the ILIAS System of the Universitaet Stuttgart.

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The following textbook covers the contents of the lecture:

• E. Messerschmid, R. Bertrand,  Space Stations - Systems and Utilization
  Springer Verlag Berlin 1999, ISBN 978-3-540-65464-3