.In this photograph from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, mission professional, smiles at the camera as he waits on his rely on enter the space shuttle Revelation as part of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle goal as well as the 30th objective to the International Space Station. While at the orbital laboratory, the STS-128 team performed 3 spacewalks.Hernandez signed up with NASA's Johnson Space Facility in Houston in 2001. There certainly, he was a components research study developer in the Products & Processes branch at some point, he ended up being branch main. In 2004, he was selected as an astronaut prospect, and in 2009, he came to be a staff participant of STS-128.Be familiar with a few of our Hispanic colleagues, previous and also current, during Hispanic Culture Month.Graphic credit scores: NASA/Jim Grossmann.