Roland Miller: Orbital Planes

Orbital Planes: A Personal Vision of the Space Shuttle is Roland MillerÆs intimate photographic view of the Space Shuttle Program. A unique collection of imagery, the book explores the Space Shuttle orbitersùboth inside and outùalong with related facilities including rocket engine test sites, Solid Rocket Booster and External Tank manufacturing facilities, orbiter manufacturing and maintenance facilities, launch sites, and more. Miller photographed the Space Shuttle starting in 1988. He began his focused work for Orbital Planes in 2008 and continued for the duration of the Space Shuttle Program through the decommissioning of the orbiters.

Orbital Planes is part artistic invention, part space archaeology, and part historic documentation. Through a combination of documentary and abstract photographs made around the United States, Orbital Planes tells an expansive story of the Space Shuttle Program in a visually arresting style. Detailed imagery describes the distinctive design and engineer