1.   Gov. James Gilmore of Virginia, center, during a security inspection before boarding the shuttle, Thursday.

2.   The launch pad is cleared of launch team personnel throughout the fuel loading process, and the shuttle crew was hours from boarding the shuttle.

3.   The astronauts were still hours away from boarding the shuttle when the countdown was halted.

4.   The astronauts had not yet boarded the shuttle.

5.   The bracket is supposed to hold up a water pipe on the outside of the walkway used by astronauts to board the shuttle.

6.   The bracket is supposed to hold up a water pipe on the outside of the walkway room used by astronauts to board the shuttle.

7.   The seven astronauts had not yet boarded the shuttle.

8.   The seven astronauts were hours away from boarding the shuttle for the late-afternoon launch, and had not even begun to suit up.

9.   With the weather on both sides of the Atlantic vastly improving, astronauts boarded the shuttle Endeavour for a Thursday liftoff of the first space station construction flight.

10.   Roughly four hours before the scheduled lift-off, the seven-member crew will board the shuttle to conduct final pre-flight checks.