.In this particular photo coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, mission expert, grins at the electronic camera as he waits for his turn to get into the space capsule Revelation as part of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle objective and also the 30th purpose to the International Spaceport Station. While at the periodic lab, the STS-128 workers carried out 3 spacewalks.Hernandez joined NASA's Johnson Space Facility in Houston in 2001. There, he was actually a materials investigation developer in the Materials & Processes branch ultimately, he came to be branch principal. In 2004, he was actually selected as an astronaut prospect, as well as in 2009, he ended up being a crew member of STS-128.Get to know a few of our Hispanic coworkers, past and existing, during Hispanic Heritage Month.Photo credit history: NASA/Jim Grossmann.