.In this photo from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, purpose professional, grins at the video camera as he expects his count on enter the space capsule Revelation as component of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle goal and the 30th goal to the International Space Station. While at the periodic laboratory, the STS-128 workers performed three spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston in 2001. There certainly, he was a components research study designer in the Materials & Processes branch ultimately, he became branch chief. In 2004, he was selected as an astronaut applicant, and also in 2009, he ended up being a team participant of STS-128.Be familiar with a few of our Hispanic colleagues, previous and also found, throughout Hispanic Culture Month.Picture debt: NASA/Jim Grossmann.