Indeed, Miller estimates that about half of the locales he shot have already disappeared since he started shooting.
One of the earliest launch complexes built.
Used to test launch captured German V2 rockets.
Miller has been obsessed with space for as long as he could remember.
His own dreams of becoming an astronaut were dashed to the ground by his but poor eyesight.
Seeing the deteriorating buildings, Miller resolved photograph them while there was still time.
It took two years of haggling with NASA officials before he was finally allowed permission to visit the ruins.
All photographs by Roland Miller.
Horizontal Gantry from Base, Gemini Titan Complex 19, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, 1991.
This was the first abandoned launch pad I visited.
I was amazed that the light bulbs were mostly intact 22 years after the last Gemini mission.
The erector at Pad 19 was hinged at the base, and lowered before every launch.
After the final launch, it was left horizontal.
Shelter Dome, Rubber Room, Launch Pad 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, 1996.
Launch Ring Restored, Apollo Saturn Complex 34, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, 2000.
In 1998, the launch ring at Complex 34 was sandblasted and painted to protect it from weathering.
I had been trying for years to capture the spiritual quality of this site.
Liquid Fuel Tank Support, Apollo Saturn Complex 37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, 1993.
There were two of these fuel pressure spheres near the entrance to Launch Complex 37.
One has been repurposed and is now used to support Delta IV rocket launches.
The other sphere was removed.
Mobile Service Tower Platforms, Atlas Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, 2005.
I photographed Atlas Launch Complex 36B while it was being decommissioned.
The mobile service towers of Pads A and B were imploded in 2007.
Saturn V F1 Center Engine, Saturn V Center, Kennedy Space Center, FL, 1997.
A stop on one of the Kennedy Space Center bus tours.
They explain the procedures and technology of the day.
Launch Ring, Launch Complex 34, (Apollo Saturn) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
Blockhouse, Apollo Saturn Complex 37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, 1992.
Many of these abandoned space launch and test facilities bring to mind other archeological sites.
This blockhouse reminded me of a pyramid or ziggurat.
Apollo Saturn F1 Engine Cluster, NASA Johnson Space Center, TX, 1996.
I made this image laying on my back with my camera on my face in a light rain.
I enjoy the visual reference to Nefertiti.
This is an image of a large square girder in a flooded compartment beneath the launch pad.
They looked like little galaxies.
Fuel Tank, Lunar Module, Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, KS, 2002.
I photographed this fuel tank while it was in storage, attracted to the amazing colors the oxidation created.
I asked the staff if I could photograph these models.
I was planning on photographing right where they were.
Titan II ICBM Silo 395-C. Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Apollo 1 Fire Commemorative Blockhouse Service.
Launch Complex 34, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
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