Scientists to Find Where Life Has Begun

Russian and European scientists plan to cooperate in sending a mission of several space vehicles to Jupiter and its satellite Europe. Landing module will search for life forms on Europe.

This international project, named “Laplace”, is a complex multistage expedition to Europe, main aim of which is studying surface of Europe, where liquid water was discovered under ice cover.

“Laplace” project is listed in the programme of European space agency for 2015-2025. Various Russian space experts and researchers are invited to participate and already suggested to add a landing module for searching simplest life forms on Jupiter’s satellite.

Europe is another promising site for possible discovery of life forms together with Mars.