.In this particular photo coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, objective expert, smiles at the cam as he awaits his turn to get in the space capsule Exploration as part of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle bus goal and also the 30th objective to the International Spaceport Station. While at the periodic lab, the STS-128 workers performed three spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA's Johnson Area Facility in Houston in 2001. Certainly there, he was a products research study developer in the Products & Processes division inevitably, he ended up being branch principal. In 2004, he was chosen as a rocketeer applicant, as well as in 2009, he ended up being a crew participant of STS-128.Be familiar with some of our Hispanic associates, previous as well as found, in the course of Hispanic Culture Month.Photo credit report: NASA/Jim Grossmann.