As a student she won the Young Scientist 2000 Awards and attended NASA's International Space Camp.

[7] In July 2008 Cruddas began working on screen as a weather presenter for the BBC's Look North programme.

In July 2011 she worked at NASA as a reporter covering the final Space Shuttle launch and landing for BBC radio.

[10] Cruddas is the author of three children's books published by Dorling Kindersley: DK Find Out!

Published by HarperCollins, the book features a foreword by Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins.

[19] Away from space, she has reported from across the world including; Australia,[20] the Arctic, China, North Korea[21] and Tibet.