Space

Astronaut Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez Panels Discovery

.In this image coming from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, goal expert, grins at the video camera as he expects his look to get into the space shuttle Revelation as portion of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle bus purpose and the 30th mission to the International Space Station. While at the orbital laboratory, the STS-128 crew administered three spacewalks.Hernandez joined NASA's Johnson Room Facility in Houston in 2001. There, he was a products analysis developer in the Materials &amp Processes division inevitably, he came to be branch chief. In 2004, he was chosen as a rocketeer prospect, and also in 2009, he became a staff participant of STS-128.Learn more about some of our Hispanic co-workers, previous and also found, during Hispanic Culture Month.Graphic credit report: NASA/Jim Grossmann.