Pioneer 10-Atlas Centaur launch at LC 36A, 0149 UTC, 2 March 1972 Published on January 23, 2013 in 23 January 2003Full resolution (583 × 768) ← Previous Pioneer 10 is launched aboard an Atlas Centaur rocket at Space Launch Complex 36A, 01:49:00 UTC, 2 March 1972. (NASA)