Discovery's crew is hauling nearly seven tons of food and other crew supplies, hardware, and spare parts for the station itself, as well as large racks of lab equipment and experiments.
Among the hardware: a treadmill whose acronym spells out comedian Stephen Colbert's last name. The talk show host had asked viewers to participate in a NASA competition to name one last space station module. Instead of hewing to the NASA-approved suggestions Serenity, Legacy, Earthrise, and Venture they nominated "Colbert," which won the vote. NASA stepped in, choosing to name the node "Tranquility," but sportingly dubbed its new treadmill the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT).
