Jean-François Clervoy, ESA astronaut and senior advisor to the ATV Programme, in front of Ariane 5 ES-ATV launcher fairing. The Ariane 5 is about to leave the Final Assembly Building (BAF), where it was mated with its payload, for a 2.8-km-long transfer to the Launch Zone (ZL-3), at the Ariane Launch Complex no.3 (ELA-3) of the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport, on 6 March 2008, for fuelling and final launch preparation.