The world got to hitch a ride aboard space shuttle Atlantis when it thundered from Earth to space Monday thanks to a small video camera mounted to the external fuel tank. This is a collection of images from the video.

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T-3 seconds Steam billows from the flame trench as Atlantis' three main engines fire to life. This camera is mounted to a cable tray running up the front side of the external tank.
Liftoff! Atlantis blasts away from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39B at 3:46 p.m. EDT to begin mission STS-112.
T+12 seconds The shuttle begins the roll maneuver to achieve the proper northeasterly trajectory in the race to catch the international space station.
T+24 seconds The roll maneuver is completed, putting the shuttle on course for an orbit inclined 51.6 degrees to the equator.
T+36 seconds Condensation streams from the top of Atlantis and the solid rocket booster in view as the shuttle passes through the dense lower atmosphere.
T+1 minute, 35 seconds Atlantis is 11.5 miles downrange from the launch pad at an altitude of 17 miles and traveling at a speed of 2,800 miles per hour.
T+1 minute, 56 seconds The solid rocket booster in view is seen burning out.
T+2 minutes, 7 seconds The spent solid rocket boosters are jettisoned from Atlantis, having completed their job. One booster can be seen falling away with its back end glowing orange.
T+8 minutes, 56 seconds A ghostly view of Atlantis, silhouetted against the sun, as the shuttle moves away from the jettisoned external tank.