Are you ready for a seven day long space bonanza you can partake in from your very own home? Well, space expert, journalist, TV presenter, and all-round superstar, Sarah Cruddas has teamed up with her publisher, HQ of HarperCollins, to deliver you some out of this world content!
The #LookUp project will consist of 7 space guides for things we can see from our gardens/ windows when we look up at the dark sky above us! In each guide, Sarah will describe what we will be able to see as well as providing tales of those who have been inspired by the specific sights.
These guides work as a perfect companion to keep alongside Sarah’s first-ever adult non-fiction title, Look Up: Our story with the stars, that will be published in September 2020.
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.
Make sure you look out for the #LookUp project over on Sarah’s Twitter...starting today!
