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José M. Hernández. José Moreno Hernández (born August 7, 1962) is a Mexican-American engineer [3] and astronaut. He currently serves as a Regent of the University of California. Hernández flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-128 in August 2009. He also served as chief of the Materials and Processes branch of Johnson Space Center.
Once there, per the production notes, he and a colleague co-developed the first full-field digital mammogram. The film also shows José M. Hernández's wife, Adela, and their 5 kids A Million ...
Michael Peña stars as José M. Hernández, the first migrant worker to go to space, in the Prime Video biopic 'A Million Miles Away.'
Puerto Ricans and people of Puerto Rican descent, both men and women, have reached top positions in NASA, serving in sensitive leadership positions. On May 6, 2004, Joseph M. Acaba became the first person of Puerto Rican heritage to be named as a NASA astronaut candidate, when he was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19. [2]
A Million Miles Away is a 2023 American biographical drama film detailing the life of José M. Hernández, a Mexican-American astronaut, who is played by Michael Peña.It was directed by Alejandra Marquez Abella from a screenplay written by Bettina Gilois and re-written by Hernán Jiménez and Abella, based on Hernandez's autobiography Reaching for the Stars.
NASA Latino astronaut José M. Hernández' life from a migrant farmworker to going to space is the topic of Prime Video’s “A Million Miles Away” with Michael Peña.
If ever there was an inspirational story about reaching for the stars, it's “A Million Miles Away,” the real-life journey of a how a boy who grew up as a migrant farmworker became a NASA ...
First Spanish-born astronaut STS-73 (October 20, 1995) STS-92 (October 11, 2000) STS-113 (November 24, 2002) Soyuz TMA-9 (September 18, 2006) Axiom Mission 1 (April 8, 2022) 7 Carlos I. Noriega October 8, 1959 United States ( Peru) First Peruvian-born astronaut STS-84 (May 15, 1997) STS-97 (November 30, 2000) 8 Pedro Duque March 14, 1963 Spain