.In this particular image coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, objective expert, grins at the cam as he awaits his turn to enter the space capsule Revelation as aspect of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle goal and also the 30th objective to the International Space Station. While at the periodic laboratory, the STS-128 team carried out three spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA's Johnson Room Facility in Houston in 2001. There, he was a components investigation designer in the Materials & Processes division ultimately, he ended up being branch main. In 2004, he was actually chosen as a rocketeer prospect, and also in 2009, he became a staff participant of STS-128.Understand several of our Hispanic associates, previous as well as present, during Hispanic Heritage Month.Image credit scores: NASA/Jim Grossmann.