04. How big are space airlocks? (A K2S Question)

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On the US side the airlock is called Quest and is 20 feet long, 13 feet in diameter, and weighs 13,000 pounds. Quest is similar in size to the airlock on the Space Shuttle. On the Russian side there is a combination docking and airlock module called Pirs, which means "pier" in Russian. It has a mass of around 8,580 pounds, is 13.45 feet long and 8.53 feet in diameter.

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