.Within this image coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, mission expert, smiles at the video camera as he waits on his count on get into the space shuttle Discovery as aspect of STS-128. It was actually the 128th Shuttle bus mission and the 30th mission to the International Spaceport Station. While at the orbital lab, the STS-128 staff conducted three spacewalks.Hernandez joined NASA's Johnson Area Facility in Houston in 2001. There, he was a materials study engineer in the Products & Processes division eventually, he became branch principal. In 2004, he was actually decided on as a rocketeer candidate, as well as in 2009, he became a team member of STS-128.Get to know some of our Hispanic coworkers, past as well as found, throughout Hispanic Culture Month.Graphic credit score: NASA/Jim Grossmann.