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Is Anybody Out There? Love, stars and a travelling telescope

Susan Murabana first encountered a telescope aged 22 and it changed her life. And then during a solar eclipse in northern Kenya, she met the love of her life.

Susan Murabana's life was transformed when, aged 22, she looked through a telescope for the first time. She was struck by the way it connected her to the cosmos and changed her perspective on the world. Susan made it her mission to share this experience with others and later organised a trip to northern Kenya’s Lake Turkana to see a solar eclipse. A man called Daniel ‘Chu’ Owen asked if he could document her and the trip – and as the moon slipped in front of the sun, they fell in love. The couple decided to launch a travelling telescope project together to bring the stars closer to Kenyans.

Humberto Restrepo from Medellín in Colombia is a locksmith by day, but outside his working hours he plays Cupid by writing love letters for other couples. As Outlook's Clayton Conn found out, Humberto has saved many relationships in trouble. First broadcast in 2018.

Luca Parmitano is an Italian astronaut who became the first DJ in orbit, after playing a live set from the International Space Station to a cruise ship of clubbers in Ibiza. First broadcast in 2015.

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Presenter: Mobeen Azhar
Producer: Sarah Kendal

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41 minutes

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  • Tue 6 Aug 2024 11:06GMT
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