.Within this picture from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, purpose specialist, smiles at the video camera as he waits on his turn to go into the space capsule Discovery as aspect of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle bus purpose and also the 30th purpose to the International Space Station. While at the orbital laboratory, the STS-128 workers carried out 3 spacewalks.Hernandez signed up with NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston in 2001. There, he was actually a materials research study engineer in the Materials & Processes division at some point, he became branch main. In 2004, he was actually chosen as a rocketeer candidate, and also in 2009, he became a crew participant of STS-128.Learn more about a few of our Hispanic coworkers, previous and also existing, throughout Hispanic Heritage Month.Graphic credit scores: NASA/Jim Grossmann.