.In this image coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, goal professional, smiles at the camera as he waits for his count on enter into the space capsule Revelation as component of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle bus objective and also the 30th mission to the International Spaceport Station. While at the periodic lab, the STS-128 crew performed 3 spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA's Johnson Room Facility in Houston in 2001. There, he was a materials investigation developer in the Products & Processes division eventually, he ended up being branch chief. In 2004, he was selected as an astronaut applicant, and also in 2009, he came to be a team participant of STS-128.Understand a number of our Hispanic colleagues, past and also present, during the course of Hispanic Culture Month.Graphic credit report: NASA/Jim Grossmann.