Object Details
- Artist
- Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, born 16 Feb 1952
- Sitter
- José Moreno Hernández, born 07 Aug 1962
- Exhibition Label
- Born French Camp, California
- This large-format photograph shows former NASA astronaut José Hernández in uniform. The son of migrant farm workers from Mexico, Hernández grew up along what he calls the “California Circuit,” picking produce between March and December. As a senior in high school, he was inspired by the first Latinx NASA astronaut: “I was hoeing a row of sugar beets in a field near Stockton, California, and I heard on my transistor radio that Franklin Chang-Díaz had been selected for the Astronaut Corps,” recalls Hernández. “That was the moment I said ‘I want to fly in space.’”
- After earning a master’s degree in electrical engineering, Hernández developed the first full-field digital mammography system for the early detection of breast cancer. Then, in 2009, he served as a crewmember on space shuttle mission STS-128, tasked with completing construction of the International Space Station.
- Nacido en French Camp, California
- Esta foto de gran formato muestra al exastronauta José Hernández con su uniforme de la NASA. Hijo de campesinos migrantes de México, Hernández creció en lo que llama el “circuito de California”, trabajando en los campos de marzo a diciembre. En su último año de escuela superior, el primer astronauta latino de la NASA fue una inspiración: “Estaba cortando una hilera de remolachas cerca de Stockton, California, y escuché en mi radio que habían elegido a Franklin Chang-Díaz para el programa de astronautas”, recuerda Hernández. “Fue el momento en que dije ‘quiero viajar al espacio’”.
- Tras obtener una maestría en ingeniería eléctrica, Hernández desarrolló el primer sistema de mamografía digital de campo completo para detectar temprano el cáncer de seno. En 2009 fue tripulante del transbordador espacial en la misión STS-128 para completar la construcción de la Estación Espacial Internacional.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Catherine and Ingrid Pino Duran
- 2010
- Object number
- S/NPG.2020.193
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © 2011 Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Inkjet print
- Dimensions
- Image: 84.3 × 66.6 cm (33 3/16 × 26 1/4")
- Image (with border): 86.1 × 68.7 cm (33 7/8 × 27 1/16")
- Sheet: 101.8 × 76.1 cm (40 1/16 × 29 15/16")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Costume\Jewelry\Ring
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
- Interior\Studio
- Costume\Jewelry\Bracelet
- Symbols & Motifs\Logo
- José Moreno Hernández: Male
- José Moreno Hernández: Science and Technology\Engineer
- José Moreno Hernández: Science and Technology\Scientist\Astronaut
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_S_NPG.2020.193
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4f886397e-a9fa-4ee5-816c-d74d3de43a76
