.In this picture coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, goal professional, smiles at the camera as he waits for his rely on enter into the space shuttle Exploration as portion of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle objective as well as the 30th purpose to the International Space Station. While at the orbital lab, the STS-128 workers conducted three spacewalks.Hernandez joined NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston in 2001. There certainly, he was actually a materials research study developer in the Products & Processes branch inevitably, he became branch chief. In 2004, he was picked as an astronaut applicant, and in 2009, he ended up being a staff member of STS-128.Get to know some of our Hispanic colleagues, past as well as found, during the course of Hispanic Heritage Month.Photo debt: NASA/Jim Grossmann.