Follow today's space shuttle launch from anywhere

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It's space shuttle launch day at the Kennedy Space Center.

One day after a lightning strike at the launch pad forced NASA to stop the countdown, the shuttle team is preparing this morning to try again.

The target: a 7:13 p.m. liftoff to the International Space Station. This time around, the weather forecast is much improved. There's a 70 percent chance of acceptable conditions this evening.

Here's a quick look at what you need to follow the events no matter where you are.

First, sign up for text message alerts from floridatoday.com/text and you'll get updates sent directly to your cellular telephone or handheld device beginning with fueling of the space shuttle, which starts around 9:30 a.m. this morning. We'll alert you instantly to key milestones, problems that crop up or if the launch is scrubbed.

Of course, we'll have live news updates, analysis and imagery here in The Flame Trench throughout the day and evening. We'll be simulcasting NASA TV here in the blog all day. Click here or on the NASA TV widget in the right-hand column. That coverage will continue through crew walkout just before 3:30 p.m.

About 3:30 p.m., we'll add our own live broadcast to the mix. You can click here for an earlier post listing all of the special guests that we'll bring you during that live broadcast.

If you need to find a good place to watch the launch outside today, click here for an interactive graphic showing the best sites around northern Brevard County. (But don't forget to sign up for text message alerts, so you can keep up with the count.)

Stay with us throughout the day for updates.