NASA Names Space Module After Moon Base, Not Stephen Colbert

Tranquility Base was the touchdown site for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing, 40 years ago this July.
bull fucking shit. they didn't have a name for it, Neil Armstrong literally came up with that on the spot when they landed and he needed to report in
 
bull fucking shit. they didn't have a name for it, Neil Armstrong literally came up with that on the spot when they landed and he needed to report in

Nothing about it being designated that before the landing was said. And since the landing site was in Mare Tranquillitatis, it wasn't that big of a challenge for him to name it that way. And now the sight is pretty universally called that, so the statement is indeed correct.