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Look up at the stars tonight, and you might see Barbie on her first space trip with Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti! While heading off to the International Space Station just days ago, Cristoforetti invited her special companion up to zero gravity to inspire girls as young as 8 and 11 years old to succeed in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and answer all their questions just in time for the first day of World Space Week.As of 2019, research has shown that …

In the 1990s Mattel had a great idea; this idea was to incorporate history into their new Barbie collection, and so The Beautiful Barbies of the Great Eras, also known among Barbie fans as ‘The Great Eras Collection’, was born.The Barbies of the Great Eras is a collection of 10 different Barbie dolls. The idea of this collection was to represent different important Eras in History, to make us travel through time with Barbie in order to learn more about the beauty and fashion of each chosen …

Barbie has done it all! Her adventures have captured the hearts of both children and adults alike. She’s been everything from a Paleontologist Barbie Doll to a Barbie Rock Star Doll. Upon her creation, Ruth Handler intended for Barbie to be a “symbol of the independent woman.” Handler wanted Barbie to inspire girls all over the globe and show them that they can be anything they want to be. Handler even created a boyfriend, Ken Doll, for Barbie as well as Barbie’s best friend Midge Doll. …