CNN —More than a decade after he became the first former migrant worker to soar into space as a NASA astronaut, José Hernández reached another milestone this month.
Hernández, an engineer, made history aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 2009, the first shuttle mission sending two Latino astronauts into space.
The film portrays Hernández’s perseverance as the space agency rejected Hernández’s astronaut applications 11 times before selecting him for the program in 2004.
And it shows what a critical role Hernández’s family played supporting him along the way.
Daniel Daza/PrimeIn a 2016 interview with CNN, Hernández described how important Adela was in his journey.
Persons:
José Hernández, Michael Peña, ” Hernández, we’ve, Hernández, Daniel Daza, Salvador Hernández, “ I’d, they’d, ”, Julio César Cedillo, “, Alejandra Márquez Abella, bachelor’s, Rosa Salazar, Hernández’s, Adela, Obama, Reuters Hernández, Steve Ueckert, Alejandra, “ It’s, he’d, hadn’t, Nicole Stott, Christer Fuglesang, Jose Hernandez, Patrick Forrester, Kevin Ford, Joe Raedle, he’s, Eduardo Serralde, CNN’s Octavio Blanco
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CNN, NASA, International Space, Amazon Prime, Space Shuttle Discovery, “, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Televisa, Mexican TV, Space Station, Reuters, Canada, United States, Español, Houston Chronicle, Stars, Discovery, Kennedy Space Center, KCRA
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