What does A/L stand for?

Airlock (NASA)

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Military and Government

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Mission specialists Randy Bresnik and Satcher spent the night in the station's Quest airlock as part of the overnight "campout" procedure that helps purge nitrogen from their bloodstreams, preventing decompression sickness once they move out to the vacuum of space.

Atlantis astronauts end final mission spacewalk

The station's Quest airlock is now being re-pressurized to roughly sea-level air pressure of 14.

United States : Successful first Atlantis spacewalk over

A rotary airlock valve for bulk conveying systems is said to be designed for highly abrasive materials, The Rhino H Rotary Valve from Aerodyne, Cleveland, has rotor vanes with hardened tips and tight tolerances between shroud and rotor vanes to minimize material entry that can cause wear.

Rotary airlock conveys abrasive materials

Astronaut David Wolf told his crew mates "we're pretty awed by this whole thing" as they headed back into the airlock.

Astronauts take five-hour spacewalk

But he had to wait there for Dave Wolf, who was working further from the entrance, before both men could get into the shuttle's airlock.

Poison gas alert in space

Future experiments also can be moved to the platform from the inside of the station using the laboratory's airlock.

NASA's space shuttle Endeavour launches to complete Japanese module

Two international space station crewmen have squeezed into an airlock aboard the station to move a docking mechanism.

Space station astronauts 'space walk' in airlock