.In this particular photograph from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, objective professional, smiles at the video camera as he waits for his turn to get into the space shuttle Exploration as part of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle objective and the 30th mission to the International Space Station. While at the periodic lab, the STS-128 workers performed three spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston in 2001. There, he was actually a components investigation designer in the Products & Processes division eventually, he ended up being branch main. In 2004, he was chosen as a rocketeer prospect, and in 2009, he came to be a staff member of STS-128.Be familiar with several of our Hispanic colleagues, previous and current, during Hispanic Ancestry Month.Photo credit score: NASA/Jim Grossmann.