.In this image from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, objective professional, smiles at the video camera as he awaits his rely on get in the space shuttle Revelation as aspect of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle objective as well as the 30th purpose to the International Spaceport Station. While at the orbital laboratory, the STS-128 crew conducted three spacewalks.Hernandez joined NASA's Johnson Area Facility in Houston in 2001. There, he was a products study designer in the Products & Processes branch at some point, he came to be division chief. In 2004, he was actually chosen as an astronaut applicant, and also in 2009, he became a workers member of STS-128.Be familiar with a few of our Hispanic colleagues, past as well as present, during the course of Hispanic Heritage Month.Picture credit score: NASA/Jim Grossmann.