The doll, created by toy company Mattel, wears a starry dress and has a telescope accessory - a nod to Dr Aderin-Pocock's work with the James Webb Space Telescope.
Mattel has honoured Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, a British space scientist, with a Barbie in her likeness to celebration International Women's Day and British Science Week. All Photos: PA
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE doll features a rendition of the space scientist wearing a starry dress and has a telescope accessory - a nod to Dr Aderin-Pocock's work with the James Webb Space Telescope.
Dr Aderin-Pocock is a British scientist and science communicator who is best known for presenting 'The Sky at Night' on BBC One.
Dr Aderin-Pocock was born in 1968 in London to Nigerian parents and grew up in both the UK and Nigeria.
Dr Aderin-Pocock doll is wearing a starry blue dress and chunky earrings.
Dr Aderin-Pocock has worked on various space projects, including designing a spectrograph for the Gemini telescope, and is an advocate for increasing diversity in STEM fields.
Dr Aderin-Pocock hopes the doll will remind girls that 'when you reach for the stars, anything is possible'.
The doll, created by toy company Mattel, wears a starry dress and has a telescope accessory - a nod to Dr Aderin-Pocock's work with the James Webb Space Telescope.
Mattel has honoured Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, a British space scientist, with a Barbie in her likeness to celebration International Women's Day and British Science Week. All Photos: PA
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE doll features a rendition of the space scientist wearing a starry dress and has a telescope accessory - a nod to Dr Aderin-Pocock's work with the James Webb Space Telescope.
Dr Aderin-Pocock is a British scientist and science communicator who is best known for presenting 'The Sky at Night' on BBC One.
Dr Aderin-Pocock was born in 1968 in London to Nigerian parents and grew up in both the UK and Nigeria.
Dr Aderin-Pocock doll is wearing a starry blue dress and chunky earrings.
Dr Aderin-Pocock has worked on various space projects, including designing a spectrograph for the Gemini telescope, and is an advocate for increasing diversity in STEM fields.
Dr Aderin-Pocock hopes the doll will remind girls that 'when you reach for the stars, anything is possible'.
The doll, created by toy company Mattel, wears a starry dress and has a telescope accessory - a nod to Dr Aderin-Pocock's work with the James Webb Space Telescope.
