KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.--The shuttle Endeavour's external tank was reloaded with a half-million gallons of rocket fuel Wednesday for NASA's sixth attempt to launch a high-priority space station construction mission. The hydrogen vent line that derailed two launch tries in June worked normally and forecasters were hopeful afternoon showers would clear the area in time for launch at 6:03:10 p.m. EDT, roughly the moment Earth's rotation carries the launch pad into the plane of the space station's orbit.
Rain showers rolled over the Kennedy Space Center shortly after 1:30 p.m. and lightning advisories were issued for the launch complex 39 area. The official forecast called for a 60 percent chance of acceptable weather by launch time.
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