Photos - U.S. Joint Airlock Module

U.S. Joint Airlock Module
Astronaut Michael L. Gernhardt, STS-104 mission specialist, was photographed with a digital still camera during extravehicular activity (EVA) with the International Space Station (ISS). During this, the third, STS-104 space walk, Gernhardt and astronaut James F. Reilly attached a nitrogen supply tank to the Airlock Quest's shell and also moved hand-over-hand up the station's solar array truss to take a look at a gimbal assembly mechanism that allows the arrays to swivel with the Sun. This space walk was the first ever that has utilized the new airlock. The Quest Airlock was built and tested at the Space Station Manufacturing Building at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Download Information Resolution   Format  Width  (Pixels)  Height  (Pixels)   DPI  Large JPG 3040 2064 72 Medium JPG 720 489 72 Thumbnail JPG 100 100 72		(NASA/JSC)
A crew member used a digital still camera to take a picture of astronaut James F. Reilly in the airlock at the completion of the final STS-104 extravehicular activity (EVA). The Quest Airlock was built and tested at the Space Station Manufacturing Building at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Download Information Resolution   Format  Width  (Pixels)  Height  (Pixels)   DPI  Large JPG 3040 2064 72 Medium JPG 720 489 72 Thumbnail JPG 100 100 72		(NASA/JSC)
First space walk with new Space Station airlock. The Quest Airlock was built and tested at the Space Station Manufacturing Building at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Download Information Resolution   Format  Width  (Pixels)  Height  (Pixels)   DPI  Large JPG 2304 1728 72 Medium JPG 720 540 72 Thumbnail JPG 100 100 72		(NASA/JSC)
July 15, 2001: The newly-installed Candarm2, Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS), controlled by Susan J. Helms, Expedition Two flight engineer, maneuvers the Quest Airlock in the proper position to be mated onto the starboard side of Unity Node 1 during the first extravehicular activity (EVA) of the STS-104 mission. The Earth backdrops this image, exposed with a digital still camera. The airlock was built by The Boeing Company at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Download Information Resolution   Format  Width  (Pixels)  Height  (Pixels)   DPI  Large JPG 3040 2064 72 Medium JPG 720 489 72 Thumbnail JPG 100 100 72		(NASA/JSC)
Space Station airlock construction at the Marshall Center: A crane lifts the airlock for the International Space Station during construction in the Space Station Manufacturing Building at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The airlock includes two sections: the larger "equipment lock" on the left that will store spacesuits and associated gear and the narrower "crewlock" on the right from which astronauts will exit into space. Download Information Resolution   Format  Width  (Pixels)  Height  (Pixels)   DPI  Large JPG 1947 1536 72 Medium JPG 500 394 72 Thumbnail JPG 100 100 72		(NASA)
High-pressure gas tanks are prepared for launch: Four high-pressure gas tanks - built and tested at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. - will be ferried to the International Space Station on Space Shuttle Atlantis. During a space walk, Shuttle astronauts will attach the two oxygen and two nitrogen tanks to the outside of the airlock. The gas system will help replenish the air supply of inside the Space Station when gas is lost during space walks hatch openings. Download Information Resolution   Format  Width  (Pixels)  Height  (Pixels)   DPI  Large JPG 1003 663 72 Medium JPG 500 331 72 Thumbnail JPG 100 100 72		(NASA)
Airlock loaded in Space Shuttle Atlantis: In preparation for the upcoming launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis set for July 12, the new International Space Station airlock and a gas supply tanks were loaded in the orbiter's payload bay at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The airlock and the gas tank system were built and tested at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. - one of NASA's primary Space Station construction sites. Download Information Resolution   Format  Width  (Pixels)  Height  (Pixels)   DPI  Large JPG 2008 3040 72 Medium JPG 500 757 72 Thumbnail JPG 100 100 72		(NASA)
"Doorway to space" will make space walks easier: The Joint Airlock Module will allow space walks in U.S. spacesuits, even when the Space Shuttle is not docked with the International Space Station. The airlock was built by The Boeing Company at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The airlock underwent exhaustive structural and systems testing prior to being shipped to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where it was placed in the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The Shuttle crew will help install and activate the airlock during three space walks on the upcoming STS-104 mission. Download Information Resolution   Format  Width  (Pixels)  Height  (Pixels)   DPI  Large JPG 2921 3000 72 Medium JPG 500 514 72 Thumbnail JPG 100 100 72		(NASA)