.Within this photo coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, goal expert, smiles at the electronic camera as he expects his turn to get into the space capsule Discovery as part of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle bus mission and the 30th goal to the International Space Station. While at the periodic laboratory, the STS-128 staff conducted three spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA's Johnson Area Facility in Houston in 2001. There, he was actually a products study developer in the Materials & Processes division at some point, he came to be branch principal. In 2004, he was selected as an astronaut prospect, as well as in 2009, he ended up being a crew member of STS-128.Learn more about a number of our Hispanic coworkers, previous and also found, in the course of Hispanic Heritage Month.Image credit score: NASA/Jim Grossmann.