.In this particular picture from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, goal specialist, smiles at the video camera as he expects his rely on get into the space capsule Exploration as component of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle bus goal and also the 30th mission to the International Space Station. While at the periodic lab, the STS-128 crew performed three spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA's Johnson Area Facility in Houston in 2001. There, he was a products research designer in the Products & Processes division ultimately, he came to be division principal. In 2004, he was decided on as a rocketeer candidate, and in 2009, he came to be a workers participant of STS-128.Be familiar with a number of our Hispanic colleagues, previous as well as found, throughout Hispanic Heritage Month.Image credit scores: NASA/Jim Grossmann.