.In this particular photograph coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, goal professional, grins at the cam as he waits for his look to get into the space capsule Revelation as part of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle purpose and also the 30th purpose to the International Spaceport Station. While at the periodic lab, the STS-128 crew performed 3 spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA's Johnson Room Facility in Houston in 2001. There certainly, he was actually a materials analysis developer in the Materials & Processes branch at some point, he ended up being branch principal. In 2004, he was picked as a rocketeer candidate, as well as in 2009, he came to be a crew member of STS-128.Be familiar with several of our Hispanic coworkers, previous and found, throughout Hispanic Culture Month.Photo credit history: NASA/Jim Grossmann.