Atlas Missile Fails to Launch

Atlas missile on launch pad at Cape Canaveral in last test before man is launched into space / CU astronaut capsule in rocket's nose / rocket leaves launch pad and flies straight up into the sky / malfunction causes the capsule to separate from the rocket / rocket explodes in mid air / men watch from the ground, some peer into the sky others begin running / capsule with parachute floats safely back to Earth / NASA engineers inspect capsule safely back on the ground.