.Within this picture from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, purpose professional, smiles at the cam as he waits on his look to get in the space shuttle Revelation as component of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle objective and the 30th mission to the International Spaceport Station. While at the orbital lab, the STS-128 workers carried out three spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston in 2001. There certainly, he was actually a products research engineer in the Products & Processes branch eventually, he ended up being branch chief. In 2004, he was actually selected as a rocketeer applicant, as well as in 2009, he ended up being a workers member of STS-128.Be familiar with several of our Hispanic associates, past and found, during the course of Hispanic Ancestry Month.Image credit scores: NASA/Jim Grossmann.