Jules Verne will be lifted into space on board an Ariane 5 launch vehicle. Engineers at Europe's Spaceport, in Kourou, French Guiana, are preparing a special Ariane 5 ES ATV for the mission. Here the launch vehicle's storable propellant upper stage (Etage à Propergols Stockables or EPS) is lowered inside the main cryogenic stage. (11 January 2008)