1.   Besides cameras, the spacecraft would carry a laser altimeter to measure the changing shape of Europa as its surface bulges and subsides in response to powerful tidal forces.

2.   The new spacecraft would carry a small telescope and a high-definition camera.

3.   The school-bus-sized spacecraft would carry a complex set of sophisticated instruments, she told the panel.

4.   The spacecraft might carry a small landing vehicle, said Carl Pilcher, NASA scientific director for Solar System exploration.

5.   The spacecraft carries two other instruments developed by the Los Alamos laboratory.

6.   The spacecraft carries a special instrument that can identify ions, forms of elements that have gained an electric charge.

7.   The spacecraft will be carrying eight types of instruments including French and Russian.