Kazakhstan, Jumada II 05, 1437, March 14, 2016, SPA -- Europe and Russia launched a spacecraft in a joint mission on Monday to sniff out signs of life on Mars and bring humans a step closer to flying to the red planet themselves, Reuters reported. The craft, part of the ExoMars programme, blasted off from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan on board a Proton rocket at 5:31 A.M. EDT (0931 GMT) on Monday, starting a seven-month journey through space. --SPA 12:49 LOCAL TIME 09:49 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w