.In this particular photo coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, mission specialist, smiles at the electronic camera as he waits on his turn to enter into the space capsule Revelation as portion of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle bus purpose as well as the 30th mission to the International Space Station. While at the periodic lab, the STS-128 crew carried out 3 spacewalks.Hernandez joined NASA's Johnson Room Facility in Houston in 2001. There certainly, he was actually a products research study engineer in the Materials & Processes division eventually, he became division principal. In 2004, he was actually decided on as a rocketeer prospect, and also in 2009, he became a team member of STS-128.Understand some of our Hispanic coworkers, previous and also existing, in the course of Hispanic Ancestry Month.Image credit scores: NASA/Jim Grossmann.