Earth to astronaut Barbie, we have a new space collectible ... but probably not for all of the reasons Mattel intended.

I’m sitting in a bright pink room at Mattel’s headquarters ... Mattel argues that the criticism was misplaced—that Barbie was a businesswoman in 1963, an astronaut in 1965 and a surgeon ...

A Barbie modelled on female astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has been released, to inspire girls to make a career in STEM. It’s been 50 years since man first stepped on the moon, but it was only ...