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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 22 > One-time migrant worker about to blast into space

One-time migrant worker about to blast into space

Space shuttle astronaut hailed as role model

By Marcia Dunn / The Bulletin
August 22, 2009

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. " He toiled in California's farm fields alongside his Mexican migrant worker parents and didn't learn English until he was 12. Now Jose Hernandez, NASA astronaut, is about to rocket into orbit.

His parents will be in Florida next week for space shuttle Discovery's....

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