nytimes August 2, 2021 4:01pm It Was His Day Off. Then the Space Station Went for a Spin. #scovillezebulon #internationalspacestation #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #roscosmos #spaceandastronomy #houstontex #aviationaccidentssafetyanddisasters #russia #rocketscienceandpropulsion #science #news It Was His Day Off. Then the Space Station Went for a Spin. Zebulon Scoville and others at NASA’s mission control in Houston spent Thursday righting the International Space Station after a new Russian module unexpectedly fired its thrusters.