Barbie, which opens in Australia on 20 July and in the UK and US the following day, is expected be one of the biggest movies of the year. Directed and co-written by Lady Bird and Little Women’s Greta Gerwig, and starring Robbie, Gosling, Ferrera, Issa Rae and a teeming ensemble cast, the expectations are as stratospheric as Astronaut Barbie’s space station.

Barbie® Career of the Year Music Producer Doll". Mattel Global Consumer Support . Retrieved July 20, 2022. During this time, Mattel also released another iteration of Space Camp Barbie (2008) as well as two scientist dolls: Space Scientist Barbie (2017) and Astrophysicist Barbie (2019). Several space-themed dolls based on real women were also released, perhaps in an attempt to show young girls that their dreams aren’t only possible in Barbieland. Among these highlighted women are Katherine Johnson, a NASA mathematician who worked on the Mercury program; Sally Ride, the first American woman in space; and Samantha Cristoforetti, the first Italian woman in space. 2021: Space Discovery Barbie Babysitter (accessories only 1963, [140] accessories only 1976, [141] 2010, [142] 2013, [143] 2014, [144] 2015 [145])Now Barbie has been helping space exploration for real. In recent experiments, scientists used the dolls to test methods of removing Moon dust from spacesuits. Wearing a tailor-made spacesuit, Barbie was coated in volcanic ash by a team from Washington State University and sprayed with liquid nitrogen. They found this technique is more effective than previous cleaning methods.

Barbie I Can Be Floral Designer (#Y7485, 2012) details and value". BarbieDB.com . Retrieved July 22, 2022.Personally, I wanted to name her Barb, after Barbie, but also after one of my personal idols Barbara Morgan, who is an astronaut from my home State of Idaho," Wells told BBC Future. Astronauts like Morgan are likely to be a major inspiration for the continued development of Barbies, with two of the most recent "Space Discovery Barbies" even venturing to the International Space Station in 2022. Pop singer ( Pop Sensation 2002, [128] Pop Icon 2010, [129] Pop Star 2019, [130] Pop Star 2023 [131])

Barbie I Can Be Dentist (Wal-Mart) (#V2227, 2003) details and value". BarbieDB.com . Retrieved July 13, 2022.Barbie I Can Be Baby Doctor (#L9442, 2008) details and value". BarbieDB.com . Retrieved July 13, 2022. Mattel created a one-off doll resembling Cristoforetti in 2019, in honour of the astronaut. A version of the doll was released for sale in 2021 and that Barbie was taken on a zero gravity parabolic flight. The first Barbie astronaut outfit, "Barbie Miss Astronaut," was released in 1965, two years after Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the world's first woman to fly into space and 18 years before an American woman, Sally Ride, would follow her. To celebrate World Space Week, a Cristoforetti Barbie was flown aboard a recent ESA parabolic flight, exposing the doll to short periods of the same weightless environment that the real Cristoforetti experienced in training and during her first spaceflight in 2015.

Barbie I Can Be… Gymnastics Coach Playset (#N4887, 2009) details and value". BarbieDB.com . Retrieved July 13, 2022. The result is that today, 40 years later, our cultural image of Barbie is still exclusively a tall white blonde woman with a waist that shouldn’t be able to physically support the torso of an adult human. An undiverse vision of womanhood that seems designed with the male gaze in mind isn’t exactly the 2022 version of feminism. And the girlboss qualities seem quite #hustleculture now you mention it. Barbie Sweet Orchard Farm Playset With Barn, 11 Animals, Working Features & 15 Accessories". Mattel Shop . Retrieved March 7, 2023. Barbie Careers Dentist Doll (#DHB64, 2015) details and value". BarbieDB.com . Retrieved July 13, 2022.Barbie Complete Looks Equestrian Fashion". Mattel Global Consumer Support . Retrieved July 20, 2022. Sorto, Gabrielle (October 7, 2019). "Mattel unveils its new career doll: Judge Barbie". CNN . Retrieved July 15, 2022. Career Girl Barbie Doll Gold Label 2006 Genuine Teen-Age Fashion Model Mattel". We-R-Toys . Retrieved July 28, 2022. Sometimes little things can plant the seeds of great dreams," said Cristoforetti. "Maybe the fun images of my doll floating in weightlessness will spark children's imagination and lead them to consider a career in STEM."