.In this particular photograph from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, mission professional, smiles at the video camera as he waits for his count on enter into the space capsule Exploration as component of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle purpose and also the 30th objective to the International Space Station. While at the orbital laboratory, the STS-128 team conducted 3 spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA's Johnson Area Center in Houston in 2001. There, he was actually a components research study developer in the Products & Processes division eventually, he ended up being branch chief. In 2004, he was actually chosen as a rocketeer applicant, and in 2009, he came to be a workers member of STS-128.Get to know several of our Hispanic colleagues, past as well as present, in the course of Hispanic Ancestry Month.Graphic credit rating: NASA/Jim Grossmann.