In that time, as well as reassuring Estelle, Sandra told her to hang a pillow case on the door handle and another out of the window, so crews could tell which room she was in.

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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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Investigators are interviewing everyone with access to the secured room in question, from cleaning crews to diplomats.

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The crews have little to do with the measurements, but are pleased to give them ship-room, according to Andrew Watson of the University of East Anglia, one of the organisers of the project.

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It was easy to find Committee Room 2322 in the drab Rayburn office building - just follow the mass of television crews who were milling outside its entrance two hours before the hearing began.

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