.In this image coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, objective specialist, grins at the video camera as he awaits his look to get into the space capsule Revelation as part of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle bus goal and also the 30th goal to the International Spaceport Station. While at the periodic laboratory, the STS-128 staff carried out 3 spacewalks.Hernandez joined NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston in 2001. There certainly, he was actually a products research study developer in the Materials & Processes branch at some point, he ended up being division chief. In 2004, he was actually selected as a rocketeer candidate, as well as in 2009, he became a crew participant of STS-128.Get to know several of our Hispanic coworkers, previous and found, in the course of Hispanic Culture Month.Photo credit scores: NASA/Jim Grossmann.