.Within this photo from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, goal specialist, smiles at the cam as he waits for his count on enter into the space shuttle Discovery as part of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle bus objective as well as the 30th goal to the International Spaceport Station. While at the orbital lab, the STS-128 crew conducted 3 spacewalks.Hernandez joined NASA's Johnson Room Facility in Houston in 2001. There, he was a materials research designer in the Products & Processes branch ultimately, he ended up being branch chief. In 2004, he was actually selected as a rocketeer candidate, and in 2009, he became a crew member of STS-128.Learn more about some of our Hispanic associates, past and found, during Hispanic Culture Month.Picture debt: NASA/Jim Grossmann.