'A Million Miles Away' follows journey of CA migrant farmworker turned NASA astronaut

'A Million Miles Away' follows journey of CA migrant farmworker turned NASA astronaut

California's Jose Hernandez was the first migrant farmworker to become an American astronaut. Now, you can watch his inspiring journey in the new film "A Million Miles Away."

How the true story of astronaut José Hernández became 'A Million Miles Away'

'A Million Miles Away' shares the true story of NASA flight engineer José Hernández. Hernández was rejected by the NASA astronaut training program 11 times before being selected at the age of 41 in 2004.

Watch the inspiring true story of NASA astronaut José Hernández in 'A Million Miles Away' on Amazon Prime

Michael Peña stars as migrant worker turned NASA astronaut José Hernández in 'A Million Miles Away,' now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

'A Million Miles Away' tells the story of astronaut José Hernández

Michael Peña plays Hernández in the Prime Video film.

Stockton farmworker turned astronaut inspires Amazon Prime movie

(FOX40.COM) -- Outer space may reach a million miles away and beyond, but the story of José Moreno Hernández, a Stockton farmworker who went on to become an astronaut with NASA and made the trip into outer space will be on screens here on Earth at the start of Hispanic Heritage Month. "I've coined the phase that it's going to become an instant inspirational classic," Hernández told FOX40.com in a recent interview. "I'm hoping that my words come…

'A Million Miles Away' tells the inspiring story farmworker-turned-astronaut José Hernández

Daniel Daza The new film A Million Miles Away tells the remarkable true story of José Hernández, a migrant worker, who picked produce in the fields of central California, before succeeding in his dream to become a NASA astronaut. Hernández tells ABC Audio that he hopes the film, which debuts Friday, September 15 on Prime Video, will show people that he didn’t, and couldn’t, achieve his dream on his own. “It was a communal effort, family effort t…