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.