NASA update: The C.O.L.B.E.R.T. is now on the International Space Station

Greetings, gang! The STS-128 mission is progressing according to schedule, and as part of the activities for Day 5 (which was actually Tuesday, for us Earthlings), the COLBERT was moved from the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module into the Harmony node on the ISS. That’ll be its temporary home until early next year, when the infamous Tranquility node will arrive at the ISS, and the COLBERT will then be moved into its permanent home. The treadmill isn’t fully assembled yet; that will apparently happen sometime after Discovery leaves the space station. Mission specialist Nicole Stott, who will remain behind with the ISS crew, will be in charge of completing the COLBERT’s assembly.

For video highlights of the COLBERT’s transfer onto the space station, you can watch here in NASA’s video gallery (it’s currently listed under “most recent”), or for highlights of all of Day 5′s activities, watch the video below. It’s about 35 minutes long; the video of the COLBERT’s transfer begins at about the 26 minute mark. (It’s the same footage from the NASA link.) I’m not going to lie to you, Zoners, it’s pretty cool seeing that COLBERT patch on the treadmill finally on board the space station!