1. Sarah Jane Cruddas was born on December 1983 and is a Los Angeles based television presenter, space journalist, author and popular science communicator She is an investigator on the television series Contact on Discovery Channel and Science Channel as well as appearing on other shows on the channels.
Sarah Cruddas is the co-host of UFO Conspiracies with Craig Charles on History Channel in the UK.
Sarah Cruddas has an academic background in astrophysics and is the author of several books about space exploration.
Sarah Cruddas grew up in the East Riding of Yorkshire, attending South Hunsley School and Wyke College in Hull, where she gained A-levels in Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Chemistry.
Sarah Cruddas has a BSc in Physics with Astrophysics from the University of Leicester, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Westminster.
In July 2008 Sarah Cruddas began working on screen as a weather presenter for the BBC's Look North programme.
Sarah Cruddas reported for the BBC News Channel and appeared on screen as an expert on Coast and Newsround as well as presenting science shows for BBC Learning.
Sarah Cruddas has continued to work with the BBC as a reporter for the BBC News and Horizons Business on BBC World and has presented shows about space exploration on BBC Radio 4, BBC GNS and BBC World Service.
Sarah Cruddas started working in the US in the mid 2010s becoming a popular and influcial figure in the space industry.
Since 2019 Sarah Cruddas has been an investigator on the television series 'Contact' on Discovery Channel and Science Channel.
Sarah Cruddas has written for The Sunday Times, New Scientist, BBC Futures, BBC Sky at Night magazine, BBC On-line, BBC Focus, Grazia magazine and The Royal Aeronautical Society.
The third become the first British children's book to travel to the edge of space after Sarah Cruddas launched the book using a balloon from the countryside near Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Sarah Cruddas released her first adults title - Look Up: Our story with the stars in September 2020.
Sarah Cruddas later partnered with Assouline Publishing releasing Moon Paradise in 2022.
Sarah Cruddas sits on the board of directors of Space For Humanity a US non-profit dedicated to democratising access to space.
Sarah Cruddas got her Green Card approved in September 2021, and is resident in the USA as of 2021.