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• n  a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure

• airlock

News & Articles

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• NASA aborts spacewalk due to water leak in helmet
  NASA aborted a spacewalk at the International Space Station on Tuesday because of a dangerous water leak in an astronaut's helmet that drenched his eyes, nose and mouth.   "It's a lot of water," Italy's first spacewalker, Luca Parmitano, reported once he was back in the air lock of the International Space Station.   The leak was so bad that Parmitano asked his spacewalking partner, American ...
  July 16, 2013 - WFTV 9 Orlando