air lock
noun
1
: an intermediate chamber with two airtight doors or openings to permit passage between two dissimilar spaces (such as two places of unequal atmospheric pressure)
2
: a stoppage of flow caused by air being in a part where liquid ought to circulate
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The space station has special air locks where astronauts can undergo a rapid pre-breathing process before beginning their spacewalks.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
Almost six hours after their experiment had begun, McCandless and Stewart clambered back inside the spacecraft, sealed the door of the air lock behind them and removed their helmets.
—Adam Higginbotham, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
Photos: Glen Benson/NASA Each side of the umbilical contains a set of doors that acts sort of like an air lock, to keep out the dust.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2018
The node would be attached to that section and would allow additional visiting vehicles to dock to the station—and have an air lock that the astronauts would use to enter and exit for work outside the station.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2023
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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
Almost six hours after their experiment had begun, McCandless and Stewart clambered back inside the spacecraft, sealed the door of the air lock behind them and removed their helmets.
—Adam Higginbotham, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
Photos: Glen Benson/NASA Each side of the umbilical contains a set of doors that acts sort of like an air lock, to keep out the dust.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2018
The node would be attached to that section and would allow additional visiting vehicles to dock to the station—and have an air lock that the astronauts would use to enter and exit for work outside the station.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2023
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“Air lock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20lock. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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