.Within this picture coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, mission professional, grins at the electronic camera as he waits on his turn to go into the space capsule Discovery as portion of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle bus goal and also the 30th objective to the International Spaceport Station. While at the periodic laboratory, the STS-128 crew conducted three spacewalks.Hernandez joined NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston in 2001. There, he was actually a materials research study engineer in the Materials & Processes branch ultimately, he ended up being branch principal. In 2004, he was actually decided on as an astronaut candidate, as well as in 2009, he became a team member of STS-128.Understand some of our Hispanic co-workers, previous and also present, throughout Hispanic Heritage Month.Picture credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann.