Sentence examples for airlock from inspiring English sources
The word 'airlock' is a correct and usable word in written English
It is typically used to describe a small room or chamber with two airtight doors, used for maintaining a controlled atmosphere, especially between two areas of different pressures. Example: "The astronauts entered the airlock chamber before venturing out into space, ensuring that the pressure inside the spacecraft remained stable."
noun
A sealed, airtight chamber, such as in a manned spacecraft or submarine, used to provide access to and from the sealed area without allowing air out or water in.
It has smoothed over paperwork with its ISS partners and volunteered astronauts to conduct simple research or lob mini-satellites out of the ISS's airlock (actually a precisely controlled process).
Workpieces for assembly enter through an airlock.
On the day of the launch, Leonov exited the Voskhod spacecraft through an airlock and performed the first space walk, maneuvering in space for 10 minutes.
An external platform was attached to the far end of Kibo in July 2009, and a Russian docking port and airlock, Poisk, was attached to the Zvezda module in November 2009.
The pair will enter an airlock before opening its hatch and heading outside.
Just before 1pm on 15 January, Kopra was first to emerge from the airlock into the vacuum of space, closely followed by Peake.
Although the two astronauts were ordered back to the airlock earlier than anticipated, they were still able to carry out other tasks, including the fixing of a vent and the partial laying out of nearly 30 metres of cable for servicing future commercial and cargo vehicles to the space station.
This kit comes with a craft brewing guide, an airlock, thermometer, and a funnel to make sure that you don't end up tipping your elixir all over the carpet.
Then wait in line to enter an airlock, one at a time, step through a metal detector and go through a body search.
We watched an eerie scene in which Shepard is sucked out of an airlock and into the soundlessness of space, the only sound her increasingly labored breathing as her frantic, thrashing limbs gradually relax into death.
Barford's solution uses a dam-and-airlock system allowing the bath to fill more quickly with water at just the right temperature, and it would not look out of place in any bathroom.
