Colbert Gets Treadmill Named After Him on Space Station

by Rob Walker | April 15, 2009 at 05:14 am

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Despite winning the votes to name the new wing for the international space station, Stephen Colbert's name won't be appearing on the side of the new lab, but it will be on the new treadmill. NASA has decided to name the treadmill the 'Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill' - or COLBERT.

The name for the new node will be Tranquility, named after the Sea of Tranquility, the area where Apollo 11 landed on the moon.

With the help of a legion of fans, Colbert got the most votes in the space agency's online poll soliciting names for Node 3, which will be called Tranquility after the Sea of Tranquility, where Apollo 11 landed on the moon.
Astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams revealed NASA's decision on "The Colbert Report," which aired on Comedy Central on Tuesday.

"Your name will be in space, in a very important place," Williams said as Colbert reacted in mock disgust to her announcement of the node's new name.