National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center SPACE CENTER ROUNDUP Volume 45 · Number 9 SEPTEMBER 2006 Roundup NASA JSC2006E34977 NASA was the guest of honor at the Houston Astros' Aug. 14 game against the Chicago Cubs. ... 39 The shuttle and beyond NASA begins the transition from the space shuttle to the next generation of space exploration systems that will take humans to the moon, Mars and beyond. ... STS-121 was my first shuttle flight as JSC director. ...