Stephen Colbert did not get a node of the International Space Station named after him, but he did get a consolation prize -- a space treadmill named in his honor. (Watch video clip)
NASA held an online contest last month to select a name for the node, which Colbert won after urging fans to wage a write-in campaign.
Astronaut Sunita Williams appeared on The Colbert Report Tuesday night to announce NASA had decided to name the node Tranquility instead, but that the space station's new exercise treadmill will be christened the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill, or COLBERT.
"Those will be the words that will be passed down on space-to-ground: 'It's time for me to jump on COLBERT,'" she joked.
Colbert initially appeared crestfallen by the decision, but then warmed up to the idea. "I think a treadmill is better than a node, you know why? Because the node is just a box for the treadmill," Colbert said. "Nobody says 'Hey, my mom bought me a Nike box.' They want the shoes that are inside."
See the COLBERT patch that will carry Colbert's likeness to the space station, plus check out a few other things named after Colbert.
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