“Have you ever dreamed of what it would it be like to go to outer space?
I know I have!” — Barbie. Now, after almost 60 years of dressing up like an astronaut, Barbie has launched into space for real.
Two of the iconic fashion dolls are now on board the International Space Station(ISS), where they are part of “Mission DreamStar,” an outreach project to inspire girls to consider careers in aerospace and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. As revealed by Mattel on Thursday (April 14), the dolls have been in Earth orbit since February as part of a collaboration between the toy company and the ISS U.S. National Laboratory.