The project creates a daily SMS with a countdown to NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day using Python, Twilio, and Azure Functions. The code uses environment variables to store credentials for the NASA API and Twilio account, and imports necessary modules such as `requests` and `emoji`. It sets up a countdown timer based on the current date and target date, and retrieves data from the NASA API to include in the SMS message. The code also uses Twilio's messaging service to send the SMS with the picture URL and title of the day's astronomy image. The project can be deployed to Azure for production use.