of a work settlement. A proposal to officially name the work settlement as Zvyozdny gorodok was submitted to the federal government on October 29, 2009, but as of 2011 has not yet been officially approved. NASA in Star City The "Prophylactory" (aka the "Prophy"), was a three-floor dormitory built by the Russians to house Americans during the Apollo-Soyuz Project. NASA leased the second floor for team housing and for the office of the Director of Operations, Russia. NASA also built several duplexes for housing, during the Shuttle-Mir program. NASA flight surgeon Michael Barratt stated during an oral history interview in 1998, "Star City has always been kind of felt as the forbidden city or the hidden city. It wasn't on any maps, certainly, by then. It was a secret cosmonaut training base. Of course, everyone knew where it was, but it was considered a closed and secure city". Notable residents Yuri Gagarin Lance Bass References Further reading External links Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Centre (GCTC) Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Centre (GCTC) BBC News – Inside Russia's space camp BBC News – In pictures: Russian space school Human spaceflight Soviet and Russian space program locations