# @katvoltage on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B3c5wb0n3R8
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67202256-katvoltage-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/91762400b0.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-10-10T20:46:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Katya Echazarreta | Engineer🚀 (@katvoltage) — https://gondola.cc/katvoltage

## Caption

Let’s talk spacesuits! This is a Final Frontier Design IVA spacesuit. IVA stands for intravehicular activity. Meaning that this suit is only suitable for use inside a spacecraft. This suit can be pressurized in the event of an emergency such as a loss of pressure inside a spacecraft or high altitude aircraft.
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Now let’s talk about usability. For a first timer, pressurized suits are so hard to use! You essentially turn into the Michelin man or a human ballon. Even bending your fingers is difficult. I found myself having to adopt new methods of performing basic tasks due to the lack of mobility.
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 I already can’t wait to get back into one! Who wants to put one on? ✨
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## Tags

nasa, girlsinstem, space, spacesuit, projectpossum, nasaengineer, womeninscience, womensupportingwomen, ilooklikeanengineer, womeninengineering, womenengineer, girlsinengineering, womeninstem, femaleengineer, steminist

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