.In this particular photo coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, purpose specialist, grins at the electronic camera as he awaits his look to enter the space shuttle Exploration as portion of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle bus purpose and the 30th objective to the International Space Station. While at the orbital lab, the STS-128 crew conducted three spacewalks.Hernandez signed up with NASA's Johnson Space Facility in Houston in 2001. There, he was a products investigation designer in the Materials & Processes division eventually, he came to be division chief. In 2004, he was picked as a rocketeer applicant, as well as in 2009, he ended up being a crew participant of STS-128.Get to know some of our Hispanic colleagues, previous as well as present, throughout Hispanic Culture Month.Photo credit report: NASA/Jim Grossmann.