Astronaut Jose Hernandez's cancer-fighting invention

José M. Hernández is best known for his remarkable journey from a migrant farmworker to a @NASA astronaut — and his story takes center stage in the new film 'A Million Miles Away,' now streaming on Amazon Prime.

Despite this achievement, he is most proud of his work at @LivermoreLab where he co-invented the first full-field digital mammography system, revolutionizing breast cancer detection.

Today, as a proud alum of @ucsantabarbara and a UC Regent, José is passionately committed to
expanding the STEM pipeline into UC, so that any student can achieve what he did.

#science #space #ucsantabarbara #cancer #breastcancer #astronaut #spaceeducation #movieclips #moviescenes #nasa

00:00 Jose's story
00:22 What 'A Million Miles Away' leaves out
00:41 The first full-field digital mammography system

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