Historical ExoMars launch makes waves on social media

Moments after the scheduled starting time, Russian space agency Roscosmos tweeted this picture of the ExoMars mission’s successful start.

The historical venture — a joint European and Russian project — had been creating a lot of buzz on social media all morning, with #ExoMars a trending topic on Twitter in many countries. And post-launch, Twitter was full of scientists and other experts sharing their excitement.