.In this photograph from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, purpose specialist, smiles at the cam as he waits on his turn to get into the space shuttle Exploration as portion of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle bus goal and also the 30th purpose to the International Space Station. While at the orbital laboratory, the STS-128 team carried out 3 spacewalks.Hernandez signed up with NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston in 2001. There certainly, he was actually a products study designer in the Products & Processes division at some point, he came to be branch chief. In 2004, he was selected as a rocketeer prospect, and also in 2009, he ended up being a crew participant of STS-128.Learn more about a number of our Hispanic colleagues, previous and existing, in the course of Hispanic Culture Month.Graphic credit scores: NASA/Jim Grossmann.