.In this picture coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, purpose expert, grins at the camera as he expects his turn to get into the space shuttle Exploration as component of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle bus goal and also the 30th goal to the International Space Station. While at the periodic lab, the STS-128 team conducted 3 spacewalks.Hernandez joined NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston in 2001. There certainly, he was a materials study developer in the Materials & Processes branch ultimately, he became division principal. In 2004, he was actually chosen as a rocketeer candidate, and also in 2009, he ended up being a team participant of STS-128.Understand a number of our Hispanic associates, past and found, throughout Hispanic Ancestry Month.Image credit scores: NASA/Jim Grossmann.