Third Node Will Be ‘Tranquility’
NASA has decided to call Node 3 on the International Space Station “Tranquility,” despite an outpouring of public support for naming the pressurized module after television comedian Stephen Colbert. “We selected ‘Tranquility’ because it ties it to exploration and the Moon and symbolizes the spirit...
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