 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Balashova akaberekerwa muKolomna uye akadzidza paMoscow Architectural Institute. Balashova akatanga basa rake muna 1955 paGiproAviaProm dhizaini dhizaini muKuibyshev. Basa rake panguva ino raisanganisira kubvisa zvinhu zvekushongedza, zvaionekwa se zvakaparara, kubva muzvivakwa zvekugara. Muna 1957, akava mukuru mugadziri paOKB-1, iyo yaiva nebasa rokugadzira mukati memazuva okutanga epurogiramu yeSoviet space. Akatanga nokugadzira dzimba dzevashandi asi gare gare akabatsira kugadzirwa kwemukati weSoyuz spacecraft uye Salyut uye Mir space stations. Balashova akashandawo somupi wezano wepurogiramu yeBuran. Akasiya basa muna 1991 pakaparara Soviet Union, zvichiita kuti basa rake risisiri chakavanzika cheHurumende uye riwanike kuvanhu vose. 