.In this particular photograph coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, mission specialist, smiles at the cam as he waits on his rely on get in the space shuttle Exploration as portion of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle goal and also the 30th mission to the International Space Station. While at the periodic laboratory, the STS-128 workers performed three spacewalks.Hernandez joined NASA's Johnson Space Facility in Houston in 2001. There, he was a products investigation designer in the Materials & Processes division ultimately, he came to be division principal. In 2004, he was selected as a rocketeer prospect, and also in 2009, he ended up being a team participant of STS-128.Understand a number of our Hispanic co-workers, past and existing, throughout Hispanic Culture Month.Picture credit scores: NASA/Jim Grossmann.