Onboard rocketcam Video durin' t' first launch o' t' Lockheed Martin Atlas III in May 2000. Aye aye! This is a view outside t' rocket, lookin' down on t' launch pad as t' Atlas first stage rocket engine ignites and t' rocket takes off. Well, blow me down! As it ascends, you see t' flame o' t' first stage changin' shape and color as t' atmospheric pressure lowers with t' site o' t' Cape Canaveral range recedin' into t' distance.