Barbie Space Discovery Astronaut Doll, Blonde, in Spacesuit with Helmet, Gloves, Flag & 3 Mini Packs of Astronaut Food (Non-Edible) for 3 to 7 Year Olds

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Later, she accepted a position as engineer and worked on five missions, including the Perseverance rover now on Mars and Europa Clipper, which is set to be launched to Jupiter's moon in 2024. Larger items, primarily outdoor or ride-on products are shipped directly from Hamleys partners and may take longer to arrive. Please note: a signature is required for most deliveries so please choose an address where someone is in. The Museum has five aviation-themed Barbies (and one Ken) in its collection, though they are not on display at this time. Invented by Mattel Toys co-founder Ruth Handler in 1958, Barbie dolls were conceived as a toy that would allow children to play with a doll of an young woman, not a baby or child/companion.

Barbie's shimmery spacesuit, helmet and gloves incorporate nods from real life spacesuits seen on the ISS, with signature pink accents," said McKnight. Now they're residents of the International Space Station, marking the first time in Barbie history that the doll has literally traveled to outer space.Under project Dreamstar, the astronauts took photos and videos of two Barbies — one Black and one white — at various ISS facilities. This International Women's Day, we're proud to continue our work in closing the Dream Gap and reminding girls of their limitless potential. I never dreamed the logo would grace a Barbie doll, but am grateful the mission has gone mainstream," Dylan Taylor, chairman and CEO of Voyager Space Holdings and a fellow Blue Origin passenger who launched aboard New Shepard in 2021, posted on Twitter.

Her first fashion partnership was in 1985, when Oscar de la Renta created a line of designer clothes for Barbie. Part of the brand's Inspiring Women series, Barbie dolls have been styled after first American woman in space Sally Ride and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina.

With an expansive list of careers under her belt, Barbie is known for championing women's equality and reminding girls that they can grow up to be whatever they want. In the 1960s, Astronaut Barbie was transporting children on space adventures even before Nasa's own astronauts had taken their first steps on the Moon and 13 years before Nasa began accepting female astronauts into their programme. Following the initial success of the experiments, Wells and colleagues decided to test scale models to ensure the liquid nitrogen spray was working.

Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions.We delivered a tailored version of our award-winning Classtronauts programme to the girls at Toronto's STEM Camp before launching Astronaut Barbie into space for real.