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nasawatch.com - 4/15/2009
Tranquility Node to Colbert Treadmill
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NASA names treadmill after Colbert , AP (Via San Francisco Chronicle) "On Tuesday's "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central, astronaut Sunita Williams announced that NASA — which always maintained it had the right to choose an appropriate name — would not name the node after Colbert.  ...
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collectspace.com - 4/15/2009
news - "NASA names space module for moon base, not Colbert"
— collectspace.com — NASA names space module for moon base ...not Colbert April 14, 2009 Houston, Tranquility Node 3 here,... the Colbert has landed. Displaying both a sense of history and humor, NASA on Tuesday revealed "Tranquility" as the name of its newest space station ... (more) news - "NASA names space module for moon base, not Colbert"

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