.Within this picture from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, purpose specialist, grins at the electronic camera as he expects his turn to get into the space shuttle Exploration as component of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle bus goal and also the 30th goal to the International Spaceport Station. While at the periodic laboratory, the STS-128 workers conducted 3 spacewalks.Hernandez joined NASA's Johnson Space Facility in Houston in 2001. There, he was actually a products research study engineer in the Materials & Processes division eventually, he came to be branch chief. In 2004, he was actually decided on as a rocketeer applicant, as well as in 2009, he became a crew member of STS-128.Be familiar with some of our Hispanic coworkers, previous and current, throughout Hispanic Ancestry Month.Graphic credit scores: NASA/Jim Grossmann.