.In this particular photograph from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, objective professional, grins at the cam as he expects his count on enter into the space shuttle Revelation as component of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle purpose and also the 30th purpose to the International Spaceport Station. While at the orbital lab, the STS-128 workers carried out three spacewalks.Hernandez joined NASA's Johnson Area Facility in Houston in 2001. Certainly there, he was a materials research designer in the Materials & Processes branch ultimately, he became branch principal. In 2004, he was selected as an astronaut applicant, as well as in 2009, he came to be a team participant of STS-128.Be familiar with several of our Hispanic coworkers, past as well as present, during Hispanic Heritage Month.Image credit report: NASA/Jim Grossmann.