.Within this picture coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, goal professional, grins at the cam as he waits for his count on enter the space capsule Exploration as part of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle bus goal as well as the 30th objective to the International Space Station. While at the periodic laboratory, the STS-128 workers administered three spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA's Johnson Room Facility in Houston in 2001. Certainly there, he was actually a materials research study developer in the Materials & Processes branch inevitably, he came to be branch principal. In 2004, he was picked as a rocketeer prospect, and in 2009, he ended up being a crew participant of STS-128.Be familiar with a number of our Hispanic coworkers, previous and also present, during the course of Hispanic Culture Month.Graphic credit history: NASA/Jim Grossmann.