.In this particular photograph from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, purpose professional, smiles at the video camera as he expects his count on get into the space shuttle Exploration as component of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle bus mission and the 30th mission to the International Space Station. While at the orbital laboratory, the STS-128 team performed three spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA's Johnson Room Center in Houston in 2001. There, he was actually a materials investigation developer in the Materials & Processes division ultimately, he came to be division main. In 2004, he was chosen as an astronaut applicant, and also in 2009, he came to be a workers member of STS-128.Learn more about some of our Hispanic co-workers, past and current, throughout Hispanic Ancestry Month.Graphic credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann.