{"id":1672251,"date":"2022-10-04T13:52:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1672251"},"modified":"2022-10-04T13:53:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:53:55","slug":"space-stations-italian-commander-with-lookalike-barbie-tells-girls-about-science-in-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/space-stations-italian-commander-with-lookalike-barbie-tells-girls-about-science-in-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Space station\u2019s Italian commander, with lookalike Barbie, tells girls about science in orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspace-stations-italian-commander-with-lookalike-barbie-tells-girls-about-science-in-orbit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1672251&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>(Reuters) \u2013     The first European female commander on the International Space Station, Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, answered young girls\u2019 questions \u2014 accompanied by a lookalike Barbie doll.<\/p>\n<p>Cristoforetti recently took time to describe some of the experiments conducted aboard the ISS, as well as answer questions from five girls 8 to 11 years old from across Europe. She and her spacesuit-clad Barbie floated in zero gravity, as she spoke.<\/p>\n<p>Asked why she became an astronaut, the 45-year-old said, \u201cGrowing up I was fascinated by the night sky, and the idea of flying to space, and the sense of adventure and exploration. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then I became interested in science and technology; and then I really loved flying, I became a pilot. And being an astronaut kind of brings all those passions and interests of me together,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The video conversation, excerpts of which were released on Monday, was part of a project aimed at inspiring young girls to start careers in STEM: science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It also marks World Space Week, which begins on Tuesday<\/p>\n<p>The initiative was organized by Inspiring Girls International, a charity which connects girls to international role models.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Mattel Inc MAT.O> designed a Cristoforetti lookalike Barbie doll in 2019 and put it on sale in 2021. The company donated some of the profits to the charity Women in Aerospace Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The first Barbie wearing an astronaut suit was released in 1965 and was garbed in the outfits worn by astronauts in the 1960s Mercury program, which put the first American men into orbit and paved the way for future space missions.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Chiara Rodriguez; editing by Jonathan Oatis)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/space-stations-italian-commander\/attachment\/barbie-goes-zero-gravity-for-world-space-week\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI92119-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI92119-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/space-stations-italian-commander\/attachment\/barbie-goes-zero-gravity-for-world-space-week-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI9211A-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI9211A-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/space-stations-italian-commander\/attachment\/barbie-goes-zero-gravity-for-world-space-week-3\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI9211B-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI9211B-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/space-stations-italian-commander\/attachment\/barbie-goes-zero-gravity-for-world-space-week-4\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI9211C-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI9211C-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) \u2013 The first European female commander on the International Space Station, Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, answered young girls\u2019 questions \u2014 accompanied by a lookalike Barbie doll. 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