.Within this photograph coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, mission professional, smiles at the electronic camera as he expects his turn to go into the space capsule Revelation as component of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle mission as well as the 30th purpose to the International Spaceport Station. While at the periodic lab, the STS-128 staff performed 3 spacewalks.Hernandez signed up with NASA's Johnson Space Facility in Houston in 2001. Certainly there, he was a materials investigation designer in the Materials & Processes branch ultimately, he became division principal. In 2004, he was decided on as a rocketeer applicant, and in 2009, he ended up being a staff member of STS-128.Be familiar with some of our Hispanic associates, previous as well as found, during the course of Hispanic Culture Month.Picture credit scores: NASA/Jim Grossmann.