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"Colbert" wins NASA naming contest

A new room on the International Space Station may be named after comedian and television host Stephen Colbert, the Associated Press reported.

Colbert won NASA's online naming contest after he asked viewers of "The Colbert Report" to write him in. More than 230,000 viewers entered "Colbert" as their vote, according to the AP.

The second-place name, "Serenity," was one of four NASA-suggested names, but lost to "Colbert" by more than 40,000 votes, the AP reported.

The name is not final, and NASA has not yet decided if they will call the room "Colbert." The agency plans to make the final decision in April, NASA spokesman John Yembrick told the AP.

-C.R.


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