.In this particular photograph from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, mission professional, smiles at the video camera as he awaits his rely on get into the space capsule Discovery as component of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle bus objective and also the 30th objective to the International Spaceport Station. While at the orbital laboratory, the STS-128 staff performed 3 spacewalks.Hernandez joined NASA's Johnson Area Center in Houston in 2001. Certainly there, he was a components research study engineer in the Materials & Processes branch ultimately, he ended up being division main. In 2004, he was decided on as a rocketeer candidate, as well as in 2009, he ended up being a crew member of STS-128.Get to know some of our Hispanic colleagues, previous and also current, throughout Hispanic Heritage Month.Image debt: NASA/Jim Grossmann.