.In this picture from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, goal expert, smiles at the cam as he waits for his count on get in the space shuttle Discovery as component of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle goal and also the 30th objective to the International Spaceport Station. While at the periodic lab, the STS-128 crew performed 3 spacewalks.Hernandez joined NASA's Johnson Space Facility in Houston in 2001. There, he was actually a materials study designer in the Products & Processes branch eventually, he ended up being branch chief. In 2004, he was decided on as a rocketeer candidate, and in 2009, he became a team participant of STS-128.Get to know several of our Hispanic coworkers, past and current, during Hispanic Heritage Month.Image credit score: NASA/Jim Grossmann.