The air lock installation is the primary objective of the Atlantis mission, with the two-room chamber allowing space station crews to venture from the station in NASA spacesuits without the assistance of visiting shuttles.

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Mr. Hudec was particularly fond of his work on a building commissioned by the American Club in China that housed offices for the American Chamber of Commerce and space for the LaSalle Extension University.

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The record is an 11-track foray into theatrical, space-themed chamber pop that falls somewhere between the score of a Broadway musical and a collection of sweet and playful nursery rhymes.

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At the opening bell, people start streaming in, heading straight for one of 400 public computers, most of them arrayed in rows in a vast, impersonal space called the Mixing Chamber.

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Instead, two pistons face each other and the space between them serves as the combustion chamber.

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Another interesting addition to the festival is the usage of The Great Synagogue, a majestic space where the instrumental Apollo Ensemble will perform Baroque chamber music that was originally composed for Jewish liturgical services.

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It was also put in a vacuum chamber and subjected to the kind of temperatures it will experience in space.

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