 The "LIFE", "SPORES", and "SEEDS" parts of the experiments provided information about the likelihood of lithopanspermia.These studies will provide experimental data to the lithopanspermia hypothesis, and they will provide basic data to planetary protection issues.The Tanpopo mission is an orbital astrobiology experiment by Japan that is currently investigating the possible interplanetary transfer of life, organic compounds, and possible terrestrial particles in low Earth orbit.