1965 Miss Astronaut Barbie — https://airandspace.si.edu, edited by author

When Barbie Beat NASA

“Miss Astronaut Barbie” was space trekking before Neil and Buzz

The most famous plastic blonde of all time, Barbie has been a pop culture icon for over six decades. It has been idolized, mocked, emulated, rebranded as a feminist icon, criticized as unrealistic and stereotyped, and everything in between.