.Within this photograph coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, purpose specialist, smiles at the electronic camera as he waits for his turn to go into the space shuttle Discovery as aspect of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle bus goal and also the 30th objective to the International Space Station. While at the orbital lab, the STS-128 staff performed three spacewalks.Hernandez signed up with NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston in 2001. There, he was a products study engineer in the Materials & Processes division ultimately, he ended up being division main. In 2004, he was picked as a rocketeer candidate, as well as in 2009, he became a team member of STS-128.Be familiar with several of our Hispanic coworkers, past and current, during the course of Hispanic Heritage Month.Photo credit score: NASA/Jim Grossmann.