Astronaut Jose Hernandez

Astronaut Jose Hernandez joins ‘Horizonte’ to talk about his career

In this episode, we speak with Astronaut Jose Hernandez. Like many, Hernandez grew up in a family of migrant workers, going from place to place to follow the crops. He also spent time in Mexico and didn’t learn English until he was 12 years old.

Despite many obstacles, Hernandez went on to earn degrees in electrical and computer engineering and after 11 tries was accepted as an astronaut on a NASA space shuttle mission in 2009.

His life is the subject of the 2023 film, “A Million Miles Away.” Hernandez also helped develop the first full-field digital mammography imaging system. We will talk to Hernandez about his amazing life.

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