Primary airlock for the International Space Station
Quest Joint Airlock Module. Crew lock with EVA hatch on right, and equipment lock with three attached HP gas tanks on leftJames F. Reilly during preparation for the first space walk utilizing the Quest Airlock in July 2001
The Quest Joint Airlock, previously known as the Joint Airlock Module, is the primary airlock for the International Space Station. Quest was designed to host spacewalks with both Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits and Orlan space suits. The airlock was launched on STS-104 on July 14, 2001.
It was attached to the starboard CBM of the Unity during STS-104. The four external HP tanks were installed in pairs on two occasions.
Before Quest was attached, Russian spacewalks using Orlan suits could only be done from the Zvezda service module, and American spacewalks using EMUs were only possible when a Space Shuttle was docked, allowing the astronauts to use the Shuttle's airlock, located in its payload bay.[citation needed] The arrival of Pirs docking compartment on September 16, 2001 provided another airlock from which Orlan spacewalks can be conducted.[citation needed]
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biotechnology, physics, materials science, and Earth science. The JointAirlock (also known as "Quest") is provided by the U.S. and provides the capability for...
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spacewalks were performed from a shuttle, ninety-three from the QuestJointAirlock, thirty-two from the Pirs docking compartment, and two from the transfer...
responsible for control of all elements of the Kibo laboratory. The QuestJointAirlock is used to host spacewalks from the USOS segment of the ISS. It consists...
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various materials. It was installed in two separate airlock handrails located on the QuestJointAirlock and high-pressure gas tanks. On 30 July 2005, during...
were scheduled, to install an external stowage platform on the ISS QuestJointAirlock and to replace a gyroscope that had failed. Collins was concerned...
Shuttle Landing Site Is Shifted Because of Rains". The New York Times. ProQuest 121923320. Goodwin, pp. 348–409. Cassutt, Michael (August 2009). "Secret...
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-104, carrying the QuestJointAirlock to the International Space Station. 2006 – The 2006 Lebanon War begins...
used to secure ESP-2 to Quest ESP-2 in the payload bay of STS-114 ESP-2 can be seen highlighted and under the QuestJointAirlock ESP-2 viewed during STS-118...
Hobaugh Michael L. Gernhardt Janet L. Kavandi James F. Reilly Deliver QuestJointAirlock 3 spacewalks 13. 7A.1 STS-105 Discovery Launch: August 10, 2001 Time...
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September 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2008. Todd Halvorson (2001). "QuestAirlock Makes Orbital Debut as Astronauts Wrap Up Station Construction Work"...
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