.In this particular photograph coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, mission expert, smiles at the cam as he waits for his count on enter into the space capsule Exploration as aspect of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle bus mission and the 30th mission to the International Space Station. While at the orbital laboratory, the STS-128 workers administered 3 spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA's Johnson Area Facility in Houston in 2001. There certainly, he was actually a materials study developer in the Products & Processes division ultimately, he came to be branch chief. In 2004, he was picked as a rocketeer candidate, and also in 2009, he ended up being a workers participant of STS-128.Learn more about a few of our Hispanic co-workers, past as well as found, throughout Hispanic Culture Month.Graphic credit report: NASA/Jim Grossmann.