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Look Up: Our story with the stars Paperback – April 19, 2022
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‘Sarah Cruddas is a gifted writer and Look Up is an inspired book. I am hopeful that we will never stop looking up.’ Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins
Most of us have never been to space. To date, of the more than 100 billion humans that have ever existed, fewer than 600 humans have ever left Earth. But the exploration of space is the most significant thing we will ever do as a species.
Sarah Cruddas has been looking to the skies her entire life. Her childhood was spent staring at the Moon and hearing stories of the space race, and she worked in a fruit factory to fund her love of the subject. Her subsequent career studying astrophysics, and becoming a television host and space journalist has seen her report on space exploration and chase launches across the world. In Look Up Sarah explains why she has always been a passionate advocate for why space should matter – to everyone.
From our ancestors who first painted patterns of the stars in caves, to the US and Soviet pioneers who first forged a path beyond our planet, Sarah Cruddas explores the stories and sacrifices that humankind has made to understand more about our place in the universe. And even today, when Moon walking and people in space suits seem less relevant to us than climate change and conflicts here on Earth, she shows how everything from medicine to mobile phones is affected by space technology, and how a new generation of entrepreneurs have kick-started a new story with the stars.
This is an inspirational and enlightening introduction to the importance of space to everyone, and why we should all learn to Look Up.
- Print length272 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHQ
- Publication dateApril 19, 2022
- Dimensions5.08 x 0.79 x 7.8 inches
- ISBN-100008358311
- ISBN-13978-0008358310
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‘Sarah Cruddas is a gifted writer and Look Up is an inspired book. I am hopeful that we will never stop looking up.’ Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins
‘If the Mars Rover landing left you breathless then try this new book by our Sarah Cruddas… she’ll inspire you further.’ Carol Vorderman
‘Full of optimism’ BBC Sky at Night Magazine
‘Practical and philosophical’ Choice Magazine
‘Genuinely one of the best space books I’ve read. The inclusiveness, breadth of topic and level of description are brilliant, coupled with the important underlying messages… I was very inspired indeed.’ Mark Ling, RAF Red Arrows
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Our story with the stars
About the Author
Sarah Cruddas is a Space Journalist, TV host and award winning author. She has an academic background in astrophysics and is a global thought leader in the growing commercial space sector. Sarah is a director at Space for Humanity a US non-profit aimed at democratizing access to space, and a host of the television series Contact on Discovery and Science Channel.
She is a regular face on Sky, BBC, Good Morning Britain, ITV news, Channel 5 News, Channel 4 News and BBC News. She has appeared on various shows include Coast, Sunday Morning Live, Derren Brown, and various Discovery and Science Channel documentaries.
Sarah has presented shows about space on BBC Radio 4, and is a regular across BBC radio. She has also been involved in movies working on two documentaries Last Man on the Moon (2014) and Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo (2017).
Product details
- Publisher : HQ (April 19, 2022)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 272 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0008358311
- ISBN-13 : 978-0008358310
- Item Weight : 8.5 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.08 x 0.79 x 7.8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,240,262 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,133 in Astrophysics & Space Science (Books)
- #6,511 in Environmental Science (Books)
- #9,604 in History & Philosophy of Science (Books)
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About the author

Sarah Cruddas is a Space Journalist, Broadcaster, and Author with an academic background in astrophysics. She is a global thought leader in the growing commercial space sector and works across the world helping to develop the new era of private space travel, which will see humans return to the Moon and head onwards to Mars.
Sarah grew up near Hull, East Yorkshire and today divides her time between London and the US - where she is currently filming her first American TV series, which premieres in August 2019. In the UK she can be seen on various televisions shows on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Discovery. She can also be heard on national radio stations including BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, BBC Five Live and Talk Radio.
Sarah's life long passion is space exploration. She cannot remember a time when she hasn't been fascinated by space. Her goal with her books is to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers and astronauts. They are our future.
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It's a long journey into our story with the stars. The narration is engaging and gives the reader a “bigger picture” of what we achieved so far, and how it changed our lives on Earth, with a door always open to the future of space exploration. I loved that the narration is mostly focused on the people, on humanity and its innate curiosity and its courage to face the challenges of every season in history.
Last but not least, the astronaut Michael Collins' words in the foreword are the perfect lift off for this wonderful book.
“..There is no greater story.”
“Look up” deserves 5 stars!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 6, 2020
It's a long journey into our story with the stars. The narration is engaging and gives the reader a “bigger picture” of what we achieved so far, and how it changed our lives on Earth, with a door always open to the future of space exploration. I loved that the narration is mostly focused on the people, on humanity and its innate curiosity and its courage to face the challenges of every season in history.
Last but not least, the astronaut Michael Collins' words in the foreword are the perfect lift off for this wonderful book.
“..There is no greater story.”
“Look up” deserves 5 stars!
Definitely a must read. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
The foreword by Michael Collins was a lovely touch.
I look forward to chapter 3 onwards...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 19, 2020
The foreword by Michael Collins was a lovely touch.
I look forward to chapter 3 onwards...
Whether you are a space buff or know nothing at all on the subject this book shows us all what a future interplanetary species could look like and why we need to look after our (current) only home.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 21, 2021







