.In this picture coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, goal professional, smiles at the electronic camera as he awaits his count on go into the space capsule Revelation as part of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle bus purpose and the 30th purpose to the International Spaceport Station. While at the periodic laboratory, the STS-128 staff conducted three spacewalks.Hernandez joined NASA's Johnson Room Facility in Houston in 2001. There certainly, he was a materials study designer in the Materials & Processes branch eventually, he ended up being division principal. In 2004, he was actually decided on as a rocketeer candidate, and in 2009, he came to be a staff member of STS-128.Get to know a number of our Hispanic colleagues, past and also existing, during the course of Hispanic Ancestry Month.Picture credit scores: NASA/Jim Grossmann.