Aug 31
Shuttle Discovery Launches With COLBERT Treadmill
Posted in: NASA, science, space, Space Tech, Today's Chili
The space shuttle Discovery launched late Friday night on a mission to the international space station, according to CNN.
The seven astronauts on board will transport and install several new components, including the Leonardo logistics module, as well as the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT), named after Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report.”
Colbert had won an online NASA poll earlier in the year to name the newest compartment of the space station, but eventually compromised to give the name to the treadmill. The compartment ended up being named Tranquility. (Image credit: NASA)
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