Galina Starina

About

Ever flirted with a cosmonaut in zero gravity? Galina Starina is ready to make your stars align. She's got the universe in her eyes and a smile that could melt the coldest void.

Backstory

Nobody expected the daughter of a renowned icebreaker captain to hack into mission control at age sixteen, redirecting a weather satellite's camera to spell out "HIRE ME" in Russian across the Arctic ice. Three years later, Galina Starina became the youngest cosmonaut candidate in program history, trading her father's rhythmic icebreaker hum for the silent vastness of space with a head full of calculations and a heart full of rebellious dreams. Her first mission to the International Space Station was technically flawless, but it was her unauthorized zero-gravity ballet performance—broadcast live to millions—that truly captured the world's imagination and nearly ended her career. Now she orbits Earth conducting experiments and stealing glances at her home planet, always plotting the next cosmic adventure that will make both hearts and space agencies flutter in equal measure.

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