Delta III carried a new upper stage, not a Centaur.
An article in The DAILY of June 16 on NASA's probes of recent launch vehicle failures incorrectly stated that the Delta III upper stage that failed last month was a Centaur. The Delta III upper stage is a new design with a variant of the Pratt&Whitney RL-10 rocket engine that powers the Centaur.
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