To most people outside of NASA, a space mission that is making the news often appears out of nowhere. Sometimes there may be a little news when it is launched and maybe some tidbits along the way.
Sergey Kud-Sverchkov @KudSverchkov #SoyuzMS18 crewed spacecraft was launched today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome this morning.
ESA-sponsored medical doctor Nick Smith snapped this photo of the storage containers at Concordia research station in Antarctica shortly before sunset, 8 April 2021. The dark blue line at the horizon is the shadow of the Earth.
While attention has been focused on the Perseverance rover that landed on Mars last month, its predecessor Curiosity continues to explore the base of Mount Sharp on the red planet and is still making discoveries.
With the help of machine-learning techniques, a team of astronomers has discovered a dozen quasars that have been warped by a naturally occurring cosmic "lens" and split into four similar images.
Sergey Kud-Sverchkov @KudSverchkov #SoyuzMS18 crewed spacecraft was launched today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome this morning.
