IN EXHIBITIONS ACROSS THE WORLD . . >> NOW HE'S A NORTH STAR. >> NOW HE'S A NORTH STAR. FOR ANYONE WANTING TO REACH FOR ANYONE WANTING TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS AND NOW FORMER NEW HEIGHTS AND NOW FORMER ASTRONAUT JOSE HERNANDEZ ASTRONAUT JOSE HERNANDEZ IS HOPING THE MOVIE ABOUT HIS IS HOPING THE MOVIE ABOUT HIS LIFE INSPIRES THE NEXT LIFE INSPIRES THE NEXT GENERATION OF ASTRONAUTS GENERATION OF ASTRONAUTS ESPECIALLY YOUNG LATINOS. ESPECIALLY YOUNG LATINOS. ABC'S MELISSA DORN SAT DOWN ABC'S MELISSA DORN SAT DOWN WITH THE AMERICAN TREASURE WITH THE AMERICAN TREASURE TO DO ONE ZERO. TO DO ONE ZERO. WE HAVE A LIST OF THE 1972 WE HAVE A LIST OF THE 1972 APOLLO 17 MISSION MARKED APOLLO 17 MISSION MARKED THE MOST RECENT OCCASION WHERE THE MOST RECENT OCCASION WHERE HUMANS WALKED ON THE MOON. HUMANS WALKED ON THE MOON. >> I GOT TO BE ONE OF THE MOST >> I GOT TO BE ONE OF THE MOST PROUD MOMENTS OF MY LIFE, PROUD MOMENTS OF MY LIFE, I GUARANTEE YOU. I GUARANTEE YOU. WATCHING FROM HIS HOME, WATCHING FROM HIS HOME, STOCKTON, 110 YEAR OLD INSPIRED STOCKTON, 110 YEAR OLD INSPIRED BY IT AND WANTED FROM 30 YEARS, BY IT AND WANTED FROM 30 YEARS, MY FOCUS USED THIS MOMENT MY FOCUS USED THIS MOMENT RECREATED ON THE SCREEN RECREATED ON THE SCREEN IN PRIME VIDEO'S. IN PRIME VIDEO'S. A MILLION MILES AWAY WAS A MILLION MILES AWAY WAS THE FOUNDATION FOR JOSE THE FOUNDATION FOR JOSE HERNANDEZ'S BIG DREAM. HERNANDEZ'S BIG DREAM. >> IF YOU COULD PICTURE A TEN >> IF YOU COULD PICTURE A TEN YEAR OLD BOY KNEELING DOWN YEAR OLD BOY KNEELING DOWN WATCHING A BLACK AND WHITE TV WATCHING A BLACK AND WHITE TV ANTENNA, WATCHING GENE CERNAN ANTENNA, WATCHING GENE CERNAN WALK THE MOON, I SAID, MAN, WALK THE MOON, I SAID, MAN, I WANT TO BE LIKE HIM. I WANT TO BE LIKE HIM. HIS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS PROVED HIS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS PROVED THE TERRAIN AHEAD WOULD THE TERRAIN AHEAD WOULD BE TUMULTUOUS. BE TUMULTUOUS. HERNANDEZ WOULD TRAVEL ANNUALLY HERNANDEZ WOULD TRAVEL ANNUALLY TO THE FARMS, THEN SCHOOL. TO THE FARMS, THEN SCHOOL. BY AGE TEN, HE WAS LEARNING BY AGE TEN, HE WAS LEARNING ENGLISH. ENGLISH. BUT WHAT HIS PEERS DIDN'T BUT WHAT HIS PEERS DIDN'T REALIZE IS HE WOULD ONE DAY REALIZE IS HE WOULD ONE DAY SOAR TO TREMENDOUS HEIGHTS, SOAR TO TREMENDOUS HEIGHTS, A LESSON HE HOPES TO SHARE A LESSON HE HOPES TO SHARE WITH ALL LATINOS WATCHING AT WITH ALL LATINOS WATCHING AT HOME. HOME. >> NEVER BE AFRAID TO TO DREAM >> NEVER BE AFRAID TO TO DREAM BIG. BIG. JUST PUT IN THE WORK AND GOOD JUST PUT IN THE WORK AND GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN. THINGS WILL HAPPEN. I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IT'S FUNNY I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IT'S FUNNY HOW THE HARDER I WORK, HOW THE HARDER I WORK, THE LUCKIER I GET. THE LUCKIER I GET. >> THE NAYSAYERS WERE NOT >> THE NAYSAYERS WERE NOT IS FULL OF PRIDE DURING IS FULL OF PRIDE DURING OUR INTERVIEW IN LOS ANGELES. OUR INTERVIEW IN LOS ANGELES. HIS ARE TRULY OUT OF THIS HIS ARE TRULY OUT OF THIS WORLD. WORLD. AFTER EARNING DEGREES AFTER EARNING DEGREES IN ENGINEERING AND WORKING IN ENGINEERING AND WORKING AT THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, AT THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HE CHOSEN TO GO TO SPACE HE CHOSEN TO GO TO SPACE IN 2009 AS A MISSION SPECIALIST IN 2009 AS A MISSION SPECIALIST . . BUT GETTING THERE MEANT BUT GETTING THERE MEANT SACRIFICING AND FACING UGLY SACRIFICING AND FACING UGLY TRUTHS HE FACED BY FOLLOWING TRUTHS HE FACED BY FOLLOWING HIS OWN NORTH STAR. HIS OWN NORTH STAR. >> YOU I REMEMBER THE VERY >> YOU I REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST TIME I FELT DISCRIMINATED FIRST TIME I FELT DISCRIMINATED AT SCHOOL WHERE I WENT HOME AND AT SCHOOL WHERE I WENT HOME AND COMPLAINED TO MY MOM AND MY MOM COMPLAINED TO MY MOM AND MY MOM SAID A PHRASE THAT I'D NEVER SAID A PHRASE THAT I'D NEVER FORGET. FORGET. SHE SAID NICOLE MARTELL GONE SHE SAID NICOLE MARTELL GONE A LOT MORE. A LOT MORE. KILL THEM WITH LOVE. KILL THEM WITH LOVE. AND THE PLAIN REALITY IS THAT AND THE PLAIN REALITY IS THAT YOU DO HAVE TO WORK HARDER YOU DO HAVE TO WORK HARDER TO GET THE SAME AMOUNT TO GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF CREDIT. OF CREDIT. AND YOU COULD DO EITHER ONE OF AND YOU COULD DO EITHER ONE OF TWO THINGS. TWO THINGS. YOU COULD PUT A CHIP ON YOUR YOU COULD PUT A CHIP ON YOUR SHOULDER AND FEEL SORRY FOR SHOULDER AND FEEL SORRY FOR YOURSELF AND SAY, WOE IS ME, YOURSELF AND SAY, WOE IS ME, LOOK AT ME THERE DISCRIMINATE LOOK AT ME THERE DISCRIMINATE OR YOU CAN ABIDE BY THAT RULE OR YOU CAN ABIDE BY THAT RULE SAID. SAID. >> I'M JUST GOING TO WORK >> I'M JUST GOING TO WORK HARDER. HARDER. THAT TENACITY HIS SUPERPOWER THAT TENACITY HIS SUPERPOWER AND THE KEY TO HIS SUCCESS AND THE KEY TO HIS SUCCESS BECAUSE HIS ACCEPTANCE INTO BECAUSE HIS ACCEPTANCE INTO THE NASA'S SPACE PROGRAM DIDN'T THE NASA'S SPACE PROGRAM DIDN'T COME EASILY. COME EASILY. IT CAME AFTER A DOZEN ATTEMPTS. IT CAME AFTER A DOZEN ATTEMPTS. >> TALK ABOUT PERSEVERANCE. >> TALK ABOUT PERSEVERANCE. THIS IS WHAT I ALWAYS TELL THIS IS WHAT I ALWAYS TELL IN MY MOTIVATIONAL TALKS, IN MY MOTIVATIONAL TALKS, I SAID, WHEN YOU PICK YOUR GOAL I SAID, WHEN YOU PICK YOUR GOAL IN LIFE, MAKE SURE YOU ENJOY IN LIFE, MAKE SURE YOU ENJOY JOURNEY ALONG THE WAY, BECAUSE JOURNEY ALONG THE WAY, BECAUSE THAT'S 80, 90% OF YOUR TIME THAT'S 80, 90% OF YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORT. AND YOUR EFFORT. AND IF YOU'RE NOT ENJOYING AND IF YOU'RE NOT ENJOYING THE JOURNEY, CHANCES ARE YOU THE JOURNEY, CHANCES ARE YOU PICKED THE WRONG GOAL FOR PICKED THE WRONG GOAL FOR YOURSELF. YOURSELF. YES, I WAS DISAPPOINTED. YES, I WAS DISAPPOINTED. AND YES, I SOAKED FOR ONE OR AND YES, I SOAKED FOR ONE OR TWO DAYS, BUT THEN I GOT MYSELF TWO DAYS, BUT THEN I GOT MYSELF UP AND I SAID, HEY, LOOK AROUND UP AND I SAID, HEY, LOOK AROUND . . 30 YEARS AGO YOU WERE PICKING 30 YEARS AGO YOU WERE PICKING CUCUMBERS FOR $0.50 A BUCKET. CUCUMBERS FOR $0.50 A BUCKET. LOOK WHERE YOU'RE AT NOW. LOOK WHERE YOU'RE AT NOW. >> SO YOU COULD TURN ME DOWN >> SO YOU COULD TURN ME DOWN AGAIN. AGAIN. BUT REST ASSURED, I'LL BUT REST ASSURED, I'LL BE STANDING HERE AGAIN IN A BE STANDING HERE AGAIN IN A YEAR A MILLION MILES AWAY, YEAR A MILLION MILES AWAY, WHICH STARS MICHAEL PENA TELLS WHICH STARS MICHAEL PENA TELLS JOSE'S STORY. JOSE'S STORY. AND ONE OF SO MANY MIGRANT AND ONE OF SO MANY MIGRANT FAMILIES. FAMILIES. WE HAVE MIGRANT FAMILIES COMING WE HAVE MIGRANT FAMILIES COMING AND THEY WANT THEIR CHILDREN AND THEY WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO GO TO SCHOOL. TO GO TO SCHOOL. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING. A LIVING. AND IT IS VERY HARD. AND IT IS VERY HARD. I MEAN, YOUR PARENTS TOOK I MEAN, YOUR PARENTS TOOK A MAJOR SACRIFICE. A MAJOR SACRIFICE. HOW DO YOU ENCOURAGE EVEN OTHER HOW DO YOU ENCOURAGE EVEN OTHER FAMILIES IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS? FAMILIES IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS? >> I REALIZED PARENTS, >> I REALIZED PARENTS, YOU KNOW, ARE TRYING TO PUT YOU KNOW, ARE TRYING TO PUT FOOD THE TABLE AND THEY'RE FOOD THE TABLE AND THEY'RE WORKING LONG HOURS. WORKING LONG HOURS. BUT I THINK IF THEY WORK AS A BUT I THINK IF THEY WORK AS A TEAM AND SORT OF HAVE SOME TYPE TEAM AND SORT OF HAVE SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT THAT THERE'S OF AGREEMENT THAT THERE'S THERE'S A WAY TO PROVIDE THERE'S A WAY TO PROVIDE THAT ENVIRONMENT AT HOME. THAT ENVIRONMENT AT HOME. >> JOSE HAS ALREADY BEATEN >> JOSE HAS ALREADY BEATEN THE ODDS, BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THE ODDS, BY ALL ACCOUNTS, A SUCCESSFUL CAREER MASTER'S A SUCCESSFUL CAREER MASTER'S DEGREE. DEGREE. >> HUSBAND, FATHER OF FIVE. >> HUSBAND, FATHER OF FIVE. BUT SOMETHING IN HIM AND THOSE BUT SOMETHING IN HIM AND THOSE AROUND HIM POINTED HIM STRAIGHT AROUND HIM POINTED HIM STRAIGHT TO THE STARS. TO THE STARS. >> WHAT DO THEY HAVE THAT YOU >> WHAT DO THEY HAVE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE? DON'T HAVE? >> A BOY THAT WAS RAISED >> A BOY THAT WAS RAISED PICKING VEGETABLES IN THE PICKING VEGETABLES IN THE FIELDS OF CALIFORNIA ONE DAY, FIELDS OF CALIFORNIA ONE DAY, BECOMING THE FIRST MIGRANT FARM BECOMING THE FIRST MIGRANT FARM WORKER TO MAKE IT TO SPACE. WORKER TO MAKE IT TO SPACE. HE DIDN'T JUST SHOOT FOR HE DIDN'T JUST SHOOT FOR THE STARS. THE STARS. HE FOUND HIMSELF AMONG THEM. HE FOUND HIMSELF AMONG THEM. AND I WANT TO ASK YOU. AND I WANT TO ASK YOU. WAS IT WORTH IT BEING ABLE WAS IT WORTH IT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE EARTH FROM A UNIQUE TO SEE THE EARTH FROM A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE. PERSPECTIVE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LITTLE OVER YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LITTLE OVER 500 PEOPLE HAVE HAD 500 PEOPLE HAVE HAD THAT PRIVILEGE AT 7 BILLION. THAT PRIVILEGE AT 7 BILLION. I MEAN, THIS IS A PRIVILEGE. I MEAN, THIS IS A PRIVILEGE. BIGGER THAN BEING A BIGGER THAN BEING A PRESIDENT OF A COUNTRY OR A NBA PRESIDENT OF A COUNTRY OR A NBA OR NFL FOOTBALL PLAYER. OR NFL FOOTBALL PLAYER. I MEAN, THIS IS THE ODDS ARE A I MEAN, THIS IS THE ODDS ARE A LOT HARDER. LOT HARDER. YES, OF COURSE IT WAS WORTH IT. YES, OF COURSE IT WAS WORTH IT. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. AT THIS PHASE OF LIFE, JOSE AT THIS PHASE OF LIFE, JOSE SAYS HIS MISSION IS SHIFTING. SAYS HIS MISSION IS SHIFTING. FOR YOU, I CAN TELL LIKE FOR YOU, I CAN TELL LIKE YOU LIGHT UP WHEN YOU'RE SAYING YOU LIGHT UP WHEN YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO SCHOOLS THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO SCHOOLS OR ENGAGEMENTS OR KIND OF RIGHT OR ENGAGEMENTS OR KIND OF RIGHT NOW TALKING TO YOUTH NOW TALKING TO YOUTH ABOUT SPECIFICALLY GETTING INTO ABOUT SPECIFICALLY GETTING INTO STEM CAREERS. STEM CAREERS. YES. YES. WHY IS THAT SO TO YOU? WHY IS THAT SO TO YOU? KIDS SEE PEOPLE SOMEONE KIDS SEE PEOPLE SOMEONE THAT LOOKS LIKE THEM, YOU KNOW, THAT LOOKS LIKE THEM, YOU KNOW, BROWN SKIN SPEAKS ENGLISH BROWN SKIN SPEAKS ENGLISH WITH AN CAME FROM HUMBLE WITH AN CAME FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS. BEGINNINGS. AND I WANT THEM TO FEEL AND I WANT THEM TO FEEL EMPOWERED TO SAY IF HE COULD DO EMPOWERED TO SAY IF HE COULD DO IT, WHY CAN'T I