I Am Just a Girl Who Dreamed of Space

Interview with Astrophysicist Sarah Cruddas

Sarah Cruddas is a space journalist, TV host and award-winning children’s author.

With a background in astrophysics — her academic work focused on the detection of AGNs — active galaxy nuclei — Sarah is considered a global thought leader in the rapidly growing commercial space sector, speaking at events all over the world.

She is also a Board Director at Space for Humanity — a US non-profit aimed at democratizing access to space, and host of the television series Contact on Discovery and Science Channel.

Sarah is the author of three children’s book — her third The Space Race was released for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landings (and was sent to space). It features a forward by astronaut Eileen Collins — the first woman to command a space mission. Sarah is currently writing her first adult non-fiction book to be published in 2020.

Here’s her story:

Newnham: What drew you to STEM subjects from such a young age?

Cruddas: The truth is I cannot remember a time when I haven’t been passionate about space. Looking up at the moon is one of my first memories. When I glance at is as an adult, it still takes me back to that very first moment I saw it.