The Black Label Sally Ride Barbie, designed by Carlyle Nuera, honors the physicist selected as part of NASA's astronaut program to join the first group of women astronauts in 1978. On June 18, 1983, Ride made history as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on the STS-7 mission. She flew on a second space mission, STS-41-G, in 1984. After retiring from NASA, she became a strong advocate for science education, particularly for encouraging young girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). She co-founded Sally Ride Science, an organization dedicated to promoting science education. Ride passed away on July 23, 2012.

The first astronaut Barbie was released in 1965. Ride joins other astronauts who received…