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"SF looks towards an imaginary future, while fantasy, by and large, looks towards an imaginary past."
- Frederik Pohl

Airlock  
  An intermediate chamber between airless space and the interior of a space craft.  

How can you go between the void of space and oxygen-rich interior of your space craft?

DuQuesne reported briefly to the two girls. All three put on space-suits and crowded into the tiny airlock. The lock was pumped down.
From Skylark of Space, by E.E. 'Doc' Smith.
Published by Not known in 1928
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The phrase "air lock" and the basic purpose was first used in the mid-19th century in relation to sea-going vessels.

This is perhaps the earliest usage of the phrase in science fiction. However, the idea was put forward much earlier; see the entry for the double-door vestibule from Astor's 1894 novel A Journey in Other Worlds.

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