.In this image from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, mission professional, smiles at the cam as he awaits his turn to enter into the space capsule Discovery as aspect of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle objective as well as the 30th goal to the International Space Station. While at the orbital laboratory, the STS-128 crew carried out three spacewalks.Hernandez joined NASA's Johnson Room Facility in Houston in 2001. There, he was actually a components investigation engineer in the Materials & Processes branch inevitably, he became branch principal. In 2004, he was actually selected as an astronaut prospect, and also in 2009, he came to be a staff participant of STS-128.Learn more about a number of our Hispanic co-workers, past as well as found, in the course of Hispanic Heritage Month.Photo credit score: NASA/Jim Grossmann.