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The hidden star of the Soviet space program

By Agence France-presse in Korolyov, Russia | China Daily | Updated: 2017-01-09 08:05

Architect with an artist's heart spent three decades working on Soyuz rocket

When Galina Balashova designed her first space habitation module for Soviet cosmonauts, she drew a landscape on its interior wall, something that could remind them of home.

An architect by training and an artist at heart, Balashova went on to spend three decades designing the interior of the Soyuz and other Soviet spaceships, making sure the crafts were not just metal carcasses stuffed with equipment, but also living spaces.

The hidden star of the Soviet space program

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