Conheça a inspiradora trajetória de José M. Hernández, um boia fria imigrante ilegal que se tornou astronauta da NASA. Filho de imigrantes mexicanos, José superou barreiras linguísticas e desafios socioeconômicos para alcançar as estrelas literalmente. Descubra como sua dedicação e preparo o levaram a participar de uma missão espacial e inspire-se com sua jornada de sucesso na ciência, tecnologia, engenharia e matemática (STEM).
A história é tão fantástica que fizeram um filme sobre ele.
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José M. Hernández was an engineer and astronaut. His parents were Mexican. He learned English at 12 years old. To prepare for the space program, he became a diver, marathonist runner, engineer, and master, he learned how to speak Russian.
He applied 12 to be accepted in the Spacial Program. José worked as a scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. NASA chose him in 2004. He flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery in 2009.
After NASA, he tried to become a congressman. He helped students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) as a volunteer.
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