.In this particular photo coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, purpose specialist, grins at the camera as he waits on his count on get in the space shuttle Revelation as portion of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle purpose and the 30th purpose to the International Space Station. While at the periodic laboratory, the STS-128 staff performed three spacewalks.Hernandez signed up with NASA's Johnson Area Facility in Houston in 2001. Certainly there, he was actually a components research study engineer in the Materials & Processes branch eventually, he became branch chief. In 2004, he was actually picked as a rocketeer candidate, as well as in 2009, he ended up being a team participant of STS-128.Be familiar with a number of our Hispanic coworkers, past and existing, throughout Hispanic Ancestry Month.Photo credit rating: NASA/Jim Grossmann.