30th Space Shuttle Anniversary

April 12, 1981 signifies the trailblazing or what I call "orbit-blazing"  launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia from the Kennedy Space Center,

Space Shuttle 30th Anniversary article

Wendy and Barbie our NASA astronauts are ready for their next space mission.

"United States of America" Madame Alexander doll from 1999 with the "Wendy" face.

Space Camp Barbie from 1998

Barbie is training for the next mission with her paperwork,

space food,

hair necessities: space cap, hairbrush

duffel bag, and interesting enough: graph paper complete with grid lines! I wish all of my students showed their math assignments on graph paper.

It seems that this Astra Barbie has the "SuperStar" head and face mold.

Astronaut Barbie (1965) reproduction on a keychain, made in 2009.

Here's one step for woman-kind!

"Moon" walking