Quest Joint Airlock
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The Quest Joint Airlock is the primary airlock module of the International Space Station, used for conducting U.S. and partner spacewalks.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quest airlock | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
International Space Station module
ⓘ
airlock module ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Joint Airlock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quest Airlock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attachedTo |
Unity module
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
starboard side of Unity module ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedFor | U.S. segment EVAs ⓘ |
| diameter | 4.0 meters ⓘ |
| enables |
air conservation during EVAs
ⓘ
safe transition between station interior and vacuum of space ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
crew lock
ⓘ
equipment lock ⓘ exterior handrails ⓘ exterior work sites ⓘ high-pressure gas tanks ⓘ |
| hasExternalMounts |
gas tanks
ⓘ
tool stowage points ⓘ |
| hasHatch |
inner hatch to Unity module
ⓘ
outer hatch to space ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2001-07-12 ⓘ |
| launchedOnMission | STS-104 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Atlantis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | 4.0 meters ⓘ |
| locatedInOrbit | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Boeing ⓘ |
| mass | approximately 6,000 kilograms ⓘ |
| operatedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitingBody | Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | International Space Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pressurizedVolume | 34 cubic meters ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
decompression for EVAs
ⓘ
recompression after EVAs ⓘ |
| replacedFunctionOf | Space Shuttle airlock for ISS-based EVAs ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| supportsSpacesuitType |
Extravehicular Mobility Unit
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian Orlan spacesuit ⓘ |
| usedBy |
CSA astronauts
ⓘ
ESA astronauts ⓘ JAXA astronauts ⓘ NASA astronauts NERFINISHED ⓘ Roscosmos cosmonauts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
U.S. spacewalks
ⓘ
extravehicular activity ⓘ partner spacewalks ⓘ spacewalks ⓘ |
| usedSince | 2001 ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Quest airlock