.Within this image from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, objective professional, grins at the electronic camera as he awaits his rely on enter the space capsule Discovery as portion of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle bus mission and also the 30th objective to the International Spaceport Station. While at the orbital laboratory, the STS-128 workers performed 3 spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA's Johnson Area Center in Houston in 2001. There, he was actually a components research designer in the Products & Processes branch ultimately, he became division chief. In 2004, he was actually decided on as an astronaut prospect, and in 2009, he ended up being a staff participant of STS-128.Understand a number of our Hispanic co-workers, previous and also current, during the course of Hispanic Culture Month.Graphic credit report: NASA/Jim Grossmann.