| Carrying precious cargoes of Earth-serving satellites and lunar/interplanetary spacecraft for NASA, the Department of Defense and commercial customers, Centaur has been roaring skyward atop the mighty Atlas and Titan boosters for nearly 50 years. In the 1990s alone, there were 55 Atlas-Centaur flights, breaking all previous NASA launch rate records before counting the 8 Titan-Centaur flights in addition. |