Chino Roque to be the 1st Filipino in space

Chino Roque, a psychology graduate from De La Salle University (DLSU) emerged as the official Philippine representative. He will be the  first ever Filipino to travel to space in 2015.

The graduation ceremony was led by legendary American astronaut and AASA Space Camp judging committee chairman Buzz Aldrin, and other judges including XCOR Aerospace COO Andrew Nelson whose rocket engine company is manufacturing the shuttle to fly the 24 AASA winners to space, Space Expedition Corporation (SXC) CEO and shuttle owner Michiel Mol, SXC Test Pilot Mission Control COO Harry van Hulten and SXC Director of Commercial Space Marlous Mens.

The graduation ceremony was quickly followed by an outdoor party among the astronaut aspirants.

The AXE Apollo Team Philippines composed of Evan Ray Datuin, Ramil Santos and Chino Roque flew to the United States to take part in a 5-day intense astronaut training that employed the same methods and equipment used to hone the skills of astronauts from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

These include AXE Space Academy Air Combat Training onboard a SIAI Marchetti SF260, G Force Training through the G Force Simulator, Assault Course and Aptitude Test.

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