CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Thunderstorms have forced NASA to
call off space shuttle Discovery's launch.

The storms popped up late Monday all around the launch site, and lightning lit up the sky. A lightning strike was reported just five miles from the pad, in fact, and then it started to pour. The storms finally eased, but not fast enough. Launch director Pete
Nickolenko waited as long as he could before halting the countdown
to the early Tuesday liftoff.

NASA will try again early Wednesday to send Discovery and seven
astronauts to the international space station. The next launch opportunity is 1:10 a.m. Eastern Time (11:10 p.m. Tuesday Mountain Time).

The shuttle is loaded with supplies, including a new treadmill named for TV
comedian Stephen Colbert. Colbert said in a recorded message that he said he couldn't be prouder to have a treadmill named after him that will "slim down all those chubby astronauts."