Astronaut José Hernández got rejected by NASA 11 times before becoming first migrant worker in space
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Astronaut José Hernández shares his inspiring journey as a migrant farm worker who persevered through rejection to become a NASA flight engineer.
Hernández said that quote summed up his journey to space perfectly. Cortney O'Brien is an Editor at Fox News. Twitter: @obrienc2
"Because both activities, someone who comes from a different country, not knowing the language, not knowing how it's going to be here, they take that risk," Hernández told Fox News Digital. "They take that risk with their family to do so…. as astronauts do. Going up into space is not trivial. And we've lost three vehicles. We've lost Columbia, Challenger and Apollo One in the process. And so, yeah, it comes with risks. And I think that was a great line that summed the whole movie up."
From writer and director Alejandra Márquez Abella, "A Million Miles Away" follows Hernández and his devoted family of migrant farm workers as he realizes his dream to become a NASA flight engineer.
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