.In this picture coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, purpose professional, smiles at the video camera as he expects his turn to enter into the space capsule Revelation as part of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle goal and also the 30th objective to the International Space Station.
While at the orbital laboratory, the STS-128 crew performed 3 spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in 2001. There, he was a products research designer in the Products & Processes division at some point, he became branch principal. In 2004, he was actually selected as an astronaut prospect, and in 2009, he ended up being a staff participant of STS-128.Get to know a few of our Hispanic colleagues, past and also present, during the course of Hispanic Culture Month.Graphic debt: NASA/Jim Grossmann.