Jose M. Hernandez

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NASA astronaut aerospace engineer author businessperson engineer human public speaker space traveler

Jose M. Hernandez is a Mexican-American engineer and former NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle mission STS-128 and is known for his inspiring journey from migrant farmworker to space traveler.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
José M. Hernández	3
Jose M. Hernandez canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10670767 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jose M. Hernandez
Context triple: [STS-127, backupCrewMember, Jose M. Hernandez]

A. Victor Hernández Cruz
Victor Hernández Cruz is a Puerto Rican poet known for his innovative, jazz-influenced verse and his role as a prominent voice in contemporary Latino literature.
B. Luis Hernández
Luis Hernández is a retired Mexican striker renowned for his prolific goal-scoring for the Mexico national team and clubs in Mexico and abroad, including a notable stint in Major League Soccer.
C. Hector Ruiz
Hector Ruiz is a Mexican-American engineer and business executive best known for serving as CEO and chairman of semiconductor company AMD, where he led major strategic initiatives including the acquisition of ATI.
D. Francisco Verdugo
Francisco Verdugo was a Spanish military commander and governor in the Low Countries during the Eighty Years' War.
E. Enrique Bermúdez
Enrique Bermúdez was a Nicaraguan military officer best known as the top commander of the U.S.-backed Contra rebel forces opposing the Sandinista government in the 1980s.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jose M. Hernandez
Target entity description: Jose M. Hernandez is a Mexican-American engineer and former NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle mission STS-128 and is known for his inspiring journey from migrant farmworker to space traveler.

A. Victor Hernández Cruz
Victor Hernández Cruz is a Puerto Rican poet known for his innovative, jazz-influenced verse and his role as a prominent voice in contemporary Latino literature.
B. Luis Hernández
Luis Hernández is a retired Mexican striker renowned for his prolific goal-scoring for the Mexico national team and clubs in Mexico and abroad, including a notable stint in Major League Soccer.
C. Hector Ruiz
Hector Ruiz is a Mexican-American engineer and business executive best known for serving as CEO and chairman of semiconductor company AMD, where he led major strategic initiatives including the acquisition of ATI.
D. Francisco Verdugo
Francisco Verdugo was a Spanish military commander and governor in the Low Countries during the Eighty Years' War.
E. Enrique Bermúdez
Enrique Bermúdez was a Nicaraguan military officer best known as the top commander of the U.S.-backed Contra rebel forces opposing the Sandinista government in the 1980s.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA astronaut ⓘ aerospace engineer ⓘ author ⓘ businessperson ⓘ engineer ⓘ human ⓘ public speaker ⓘ space traveler ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	University of California, Santa Barbara ⓘ University of the Pacific ⓘ
employer	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ⓘ NASA ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Mexican American ⓘ
familyName	Hernandez ⓘ linked to: Hernández
fieldOfWork	aerospace engineering ⓘ electrical engineering ⓘ space exploration ⓘ
givenName	Jose ⓘ
hasInspired	Latino and migrant communities pursuing STEM careers ⓘ
hasOccupationHistory	migrant farmworker ⓘ
hasRoleIn	International Space Station resupply and crew rotation mission STS-128 ⓘ linked to: STS-128
hasWebsite	https://www.astronautjose.com/ ⓘ
languagesSpoken	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
memberOf	NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ
name	Jose M. Hernandez ⓘ
notableFor	being a former migrant farmworker who became a NASA astronaut ⓘ flying on Space Shuttle mission STS-128 ⓘ
notableWork	From Farmworker to Astronaut (children’s book adaptation titles vary by edition) ⓘ linked to: Reaching for the Stars: The Inspiring Story of a Migrant Farmworker Turned Astronaut Reaching for the Stars: The Inspiring Story of a Migrant Farmworker Turned Astronaut ⓘ The Boy Who Touched the Stars ⓘ
occupation	astronaut ⓘ author ⓘ engineer ⓘ public speaker ⓘ
operatorOfSpacecraft	Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
participantIn	STS-128 ⓘ
positionHeld	NASA astronaut ⓘ mission specialist ⓘ
residence	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
socialMediaPresence	Facebook ⓘ Instagram ⓘ Twitter ⓘ linked to: Twitter, Inc.
spaceMission	STS-128 ⓘ
subjectOf	biographical film "A Million Miles Away" ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

STS-127 → backupCrewMember → Jose M. Hernandez ⓘ

STS-128 → missionSpecialist → José M. Hernández ⓘ

linked to: Jose M. Hernandez

A Million Miles Away → mainSubject → José M. Hernández ⓘ

linked to: Jose M. Hernandez

A Million Miles Away → portrays → José M. Hernández ⓘ

linked to: Jose M. Hernandez

Jose M. Hernandez → name → Jose M. Hernandez ⓘ

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