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 had a dream: to become an astronaut.
But he was a poor kid son of ilegal immigrants. He did not even speak English until he was 12 years. His parents were from Mexico.
To prepare for the space program, he became a marathonist runner, an engineer, a diver, a pilot and he got a Master Degree in Electrical Engineering. He even learned how to speak Russian.
He applied 12 times 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. He finally became an astronaut
After NASA, he tried to become a congressman, but he was not elected. He helped students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) as a volunteer.
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