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Many young people, boys and girls, wonder about the stars in our universe and wish to explore space. This was the big dream of a teenage Iranian girl Sepideh Hooshyar. Sepideh was inspired by Einstein and the first female Persian astronaut Anousheh Ansari, which further fueled her passion for science and space exploration. Armed with a telescope, sixteen-year-old Sepideh would make excursions with her friends into the desert near her village to stargaze and learn more about the universe. But her strong desires and her stargazing trips flew in the face of tradition and was of grave concern to her family and community. A Danish filmmaker Berit Madsen, learned of Sepideh's story and struggle and wrote and directed the award-winning documentary "Sepideh - Reaching for the Stars" which premiered at the 2013 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, and eventually premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Now married and a mother, Sepideh continues her work in astronomical science with a supportive husband. She lectures to international audiences to share her passion and her knowledge. Sepideh Hooshyar is our special guest on the next Explore Now program. Watch it live today at 3:00 p.m. Central. Farah Payan of Woodland Hills Camera & Telescope has volunteered to serve as translator. Watch this simulcast live: http://www.explorescientific.com/live #sepideh #whct #explorealliance #explorescientific #telescope #space #astronomy #Anoushehansari #Einstein (at Explore Scientific USA) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW8rjZ4Jh0_/?utm_medium=tumblr