The LAPYUTA mission aims “to explore the habitable environment of the Universe” and “to understand the origin of matter and space in the Universe”. From unresolved issues related to the two goals, we selected four scientific objectives to be addressed in the 2030s: (1) habitable environments of solar system bodies, (2) atmospheres of exoplanets, (3) galaxy formation, and (4) the origin of heavy elements, which will be realized by the ultraviolet space telescope. LAPYUTA was selected as one of candidates of JAXA’s M-class mission, and aims to realize a high-resolution, high-sensitivity ultraviolet telescope by optimizing the performance requirements to the science objectives.