.In this picture from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, goal specialist, smiles at the cam as he waits for his count on get into the space capsule Discovery as aspect of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle goal and the 30th goal to the International Space Station. While at the periodic laboratory, the STS-128 team administered 3 spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA's Johnson Room Facility in Houston in 2001. There certainly, he was a materials study engineer in the Materials & Processes branch inevitably, he came to be branch chief. In 2004, he was decided on as an astronaut candidate, and in 2009, he became a workers participant of STS-128.Be familiar with a few of our Hispanic co-workers, past and existing, during the course of Hispanic Ancestry Month.Graphic credit scores: NASA/Jim Grossmann.