Did you ever dream of going to space when you were a kid?

Kristine Jane Atienza is a nutritionist-dietitian who’s campaigning to be part of Blue Origin’s New Shepard mission through the Space Exploration and Research Agency. The mission is sending six “ordinary” citizens to space in 2026.

In this episode, environment editor Jee Geronimo and multimedia reporter Iya Gozum talks to Atienza about her crusade to become the first Filipino in space.

https://www.rappler.com/science/earth-space/the-green-report-first-filipino-space-soon/