.Within this image coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, purpose professional, grins at the camera as he awaits his count on get into the space shuttle Discovery as portion of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle objective and also the 30th goal to the International Space Station. While at the periodic laboratory, the STS-128 staff administered 3 spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston in 2001. There, he was a products research study developer in the Products & Processes division ultimately, he became branch principal. In 2004, he was picked as a rocketeer candidate, as well as in 2009, he came to be a workers participant of STS-128.Get to know a few of our Hispanic colleagues, previous as well as current, during the course of Hispanic Culture Month.Graphic credit history: NASA/Jim Grossmann.