.In this picture from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, purpose expert, smiles at the cam as he waits for his look to get into the space capsule Discovery as component of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle mission as well as the 30th mission to the International Space Station. While at the periodic lab, the STS-128 crew administered 3 spacewalks.Hernandez participated in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston in 2001. Certainly there, he was actually a materials study developer in the Materials & Processes branch inevitably, he became division chief. In 2004, he was chosen as an astronaut applicant, as well as in 2009, he came to be a team member of STS-128.Get to know a number of our Hispanic colleagues, previous and present, during the course of Hispanic Culture Month.Picture credit score: NASA/Jim Grossmann.