The AT&T Discovery District in downtown Dallas will host a free eclipse watch party, where Hernandez will speak about his career and answer children’s...
The 2023 Amazon Prime film A Million Miles Away was based on Hernández’s life as a Mexican American son of immigrant farmworkers who went on to become an astronaut., starring actor Michael Peña. Hernández was a Mexican American son of immigrant farmworkers in California and went on to become an engineer and astronaut.will host a free eclipse watch party, where Hernández will speak about his career and answer children’s questions about science and technology.
Hernández was born in French Camp, Calif., and his family is from Michoacán, Mexico. After multiple attempts, Hernández joined the Johnson Space Center in Houston in 2001.After being turned down 11 times over three years for astronaut training by NASA, Hernández was selected in May 2004. Hernández worked on various assignments until his selection in 2008 as a mission specialist on the STS-128 mission, which launched on Aug. 28, 2009. While in orbit, Hernández became the first person to use the Spanish language in space while tweeting.eclipse-themed foodThe free event will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, April 8. Hernández will deliver remarks at 12:15 p.m. at the AT&T Discovery District, 308 S. Akard St., in Dallas.
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