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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Whilst Barbie Rosie may have been retired from future experiments, her role in this piece of research shows how even a plastic toy can play a part in future celestial exploration. 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 Teacher Playset Doll (#W3745, 2012) details and value". BarbieDB.com . Retrieved July 13, 2022. Barbie Supermarket Playset (#7573, 1992) details and value". BarbieDB.com . Retrieved July 20, 2022.

Twenty years after introducing Barbie Miss Astronaut, a new "Astronaut Barbie" was released featuring a pink and silver mini skirt-spacesuit "with sparkly skirt and tights."

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In 2021, Mattel released its most recent astronaut doll with the Barbie Space Discovery line. This version of astronaut Barbie wears a white spacesuit with pink and blue detailing, white gloves, and white boots. The best part about this doll, however, is that she is the first Barbie doll to ever actually visit space! This is the version of Barbie that was chosen for Mattel’s Mission DreamStar expedition to the International Space Station in 2022. In honor of these two new and very special additions to our collection, we are documenting Barbie’s long career as one of our nation’s foremost space explorers. 1960s In September 2012, a month after the car-size science laboratory landed on the Red Planet, Mattel released a Hot Wheels model of Curiosity. The 1:64 scale miniature was part of the toy company's assortment of 247 Hot Wheels cars for 2012. Like anything else that flies in space, the two dolls received special preparation before the flight. Although Barbie dolls are well known for coming with multiple accessories; those remained on the ground for this mission. And both Barbie dolls sport hair that has been styled, not just to prevent the flyaways of a bad hair day, but also to literally keep any hair from shedding into the spaceflight environment.Doctor (1988, [245] 1993, [246] Spain-exclusive José Carreras Doctora Barbie 1995, [93] 1996, [247] 2010, [248] 2012, [249] 2013, [250] 2015, [251] 2019, [252] 2020, [253] 2021 [254]) Avon Representative Barbie (#22202, 1999) details and value". BarbieDB.com . Retrieved July 22, 2022. The team tested their liquid nitrogen spray on fabric in both ambient and Moon-like vacuum environments. However, when sourcing lunar dust, they had to get creative.