.In this particular image coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, mission professional, smiles at the electronic camera as he awaits his rely on get in the space capsule Exploration as part of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle bus objective and also the 30th goal to the International Spaceport Station. While at the periodic lab, the STS-128 team conducted three spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA's Johnson Area Facility in Houston in 2001. Certainly there, he was actually a products investigation developer in the Materials & Processes division at some point, he ended up being branch main. In 2004, he was decided on as a rocketeer candidate, as well as in 2009, he ended up being a staff member of STS-128.Understand several of our Hispanic coworkers, previous and current, during the course of Hispanic Ancestry Month.Picture credit rating: NASA/Jim Grossmann.