.Within this photo coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, goal professional, grins at the electronic camera as he waits on his look to enter into the space shuttle Exploration as portion of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle bus goal as well as the 30th goal to the International Spaceport Station. While at the orbital lab, the STS-128 workers administered 3 spacewalks.Hernandez signed up with NASA's Johnson Room Center in Houston in 2001. There, he was a products research study designer in the Products & Processes branch inevitably, he became branch chief. In 2004, he was actually chosen as a rocketeer prospect, and in 2009, he ended up being a team participant of STS-128.Be familiar with a few of our Hispanic coworkers, past and found, during the course of Hispanic Heritage Month.Graphic credit rating: NASA/Jim Grossmann.