The Philadelphia 76ers picked up their first win of the season Friday, only to come right back and drop their next game the following night. On Sunday, the team used its day off to regain clearance for takeoff by visiting the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Rather than focus all of their attention on Monday's matchup against the Houston Rockets, the Sixers instead received a private tour of the facility where human spaceflight training, research and flight control are conducted.

Philadelphia point guard Sergio Rodriguez snapped a photo of the main control room, which featured the 76ers logo on a central monitor.

NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch helped guide the NBA players throughout the complex, and posted a photo of Sixers center Jahlil Okafor attempting to stand inside a space station bedroom. The 6-foot-11 Okafor knows a thing or two about making moves in tight quarters, but this situation presented more of a challenge.

It just ain't a 7-footers world...not even in space. NASA welcomes the @Sixers! Ballers make the space Station bedrooms look even smaller! pic.twitter.com/85Hlz1OiaU — Christina H Koch (@Astro_Christina) November 13, 2016

The Sixers might have felt as if they were flying through space, but the reality is that they enter Monday's game last in the Eastern Conference with a 1-8 record.

-- Nick Ostiller