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Space Station Gets Colbert Treadmill

By the Associated Press

Posted Aug 31, 2009 8:00 PM CDT

(AP) – Astronauts hitched a giant chest of drawers to the International Space Station today containing a new freezer, sleeping compartment, and treadmill named for TV personality Stephen Colbert. The Italian-built chest—nicknamed Leonardo, as in da Vinci—was moved from space shuttle Discovery via a hefty... Read full story »

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