Mattel Creates Astronaut Barbie Doll Modelled On Samantha Cristoforetti
Toy company Mattel and the European Space Agency (ESA) have teamed up to create an out-of-this-world doll. The ESA has taken a Barbie doll modeled after Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on a zero-gravity flight, as part of a campaign to inspire young girls to pursue careers in space and science, technology, math and engineering (STEM). As part of the project, the doll mirrored the real-life preparation astronauts need to take before going into space. “The mini Samantha doll has already been on a parabolic flight so she already has some experience with weightlessness,” Cristoforetti sai...