Steve Holgate

By Steve HolgatePORTLAND, Oregon: Iran and the United States are thousands of kilometres apart, but they share the same sky.And when Iranian and American children look up into that sky, they often share the same aspirations and hopes.Entrepreneur and space pioneer Anousheh Ansari remembers that growing up in Tehran she loved to gaze at the stars and the deep darkness of space."The immense possibilities that lie in the universe have always fascinated me," she says. When her parents allowed it, she would sleep on the balcony of her home so she could watch the night sky.She tried not to miss an episode of Lost in Space or Star Trek.Even though Iran had no space programme, she knew she wanted to be an astronaut.
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By Steve HolgatePORTLAND, Oregon: Iran and the United States are thousands of kilometres apart, but they share the same sky.And when Iranian and American children look up into that sky, they often share the same aspirations and hopes.Entrepreneur and space pioneer Anousheh Ansari remembers that growing up in Tehran she loved to gaze at the stars and the deep darkness of space."The immense possibilities that lie in the universe have always fascinated me," she says. When her parents allowed it, she would sleep on the balcony of her home so she could watch the night sky.She tried not to miss an episode of Lost in Space or Star Trek.Even though Iran had no space programme, she knew she wanted to be an astronaut.