Hispanic Heritage MonthAndres Almeida, digital content strategist for NASA's Office of CommunicationsMaria Santos, assistant to NASA’s Chief Scientist and the Science Engagement and Partnerships Division, Science Mission DirectorateFrank Rubio was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class and reported for duty in August 2017.Arturo Sanchez, Director of External Relations Office at Johnson Space CenterDeborah Cander, Director of External Relations Office at Johnson Space CenterU.S. Representative Madeleine Dean, Dr. Janet Kavandi, NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, U.S. resident commissioner of Puerto Rico, Jenniffer González-Colón and...Astronaut José Hernández, STS-128 mission specialist, works controls on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the...Former NASA astronaut José Hernández signs autographs for students following the Aspira con NASA/Aspire with NASA Hispanic Heritage Month event...Astronauts Frank Rubio, Shannon Walker, Raja Chari and Stephanie Wilson are participating in evaluations to provide their perspectives as those...Sandra Cauffman, acting Director of the Earth Sciences Division of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, speaks during the...Guillermo Gonzalez, the avionics lead at the Launch Abort System (LAS) office at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia,...Soon after being named an astronaut candidate, Class of 1990, Ellen Ochoa is about to take a familiarization ride in...Ginger Kerrick, Expedition 30 flight director, monitors action aboard the International Space Station in this Thanksgiving Day scene in the...Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, STS-110 flight engineer, dons a training version of the full-pressure launch and entry suit prior to a...Maria Santos, chair of the Hispanic Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) at NASA Headquarters, left, moderates a question and answer...NASA astronaut Frank Rubio poses for a portrait in the anechoic chamber, Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space...Growing up in El Paso, Texas, Alyssa Saenz always knew she wanted to do something with space. Now she is...NASA astronaut and Astronaut Office Representative Joe Acaba is seen along with other NASA, Canadian Space Agency and Roscosmos teams...NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor is hugged by students after a presentation about her experience on Expeditions 56 and 57 onboard...Joe Acaba was selected as an astronaut in 2004 and has logged a total of 306 days in space on...NASA Deputy System Program Director, GOES-R Sandra Cauffman, left, and NASA SBIR/STTR Program Manager Aprille Ericsson participate in a Women’s...During National Hispanic Heritage Month, we're celebrating the achievements of astronaut Ellen Ochoa and other Hispanic astronauts and professionals at...During National Hispanic Heritage Month, we're celebrating the contributions of the brilliant Hispanic women and men of NASA. In this...Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor conducts research operations for the AngieX Cancer Therapy study inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox.Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor examines her eye with a Fundoscope aboard the International Space Station with remote support from doctors on...Expedition 56 Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA is pictured in the Unity module during life support maintenance work to...Expedition 56 crew member Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA poses for pictures May 31 as she boards her Soyuz spacecraft during...Expedition 56 crew member Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA poses for pictures May 20 as she prepares to board the Soyuz...Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA lays flowers where Russian space icons are interred.Deputy Associate Administrator Krista Paquin and NASA leadership greet a delegation led by H.E. Dr. Ahmad Belhoul, Chairman, UAE Space...It's planting season on the International Space Station! NASA astronaut Joe Acaba prepared the Veggie facility for three different kinds...Expedition 53-54 crewmembers Joe Acaba of NASA, Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and Mark Vande Hei of NASA pose for pictures...Expedition 53-54 crewmember Joe Acaba of NASA signs a wall mural Sept. 7 as part of traditional pre-launch activities.Dr. Frank Rubio has been selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. He will report for duty...On April 15, 2002, STS-110 Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa works at the Remote Manipulator System controls on the aft flight...JSC's Ochoa Praises CCP ProgressFlight Directors Dina Contella and Tomas Gonzalez-Torres look at monitors in the space station flight control room.Erik Lopez, a University of Illinois aerospace engineering undergraduate, was selected as the 2013 winner of the inaugural National Space...Jose Landeros (left) and Robert Herman assembled the JPL Laser Hygrometer that measured water vapor from NASA high-altitude ER-2 during...Maria Navarro, a post-doctoral researcher from the University of Miami, checked connections on the Advanced Whole Air Sampler instrument prior...