Orbital Planes: A Personal Vision of the Space Shuttle

Roland Miller

Damiani

hardcover
200 pages
150 ills
30.5 x 25.5 cm
ISBN 978-8862087599
english
March 2022

Orbital Planes: A Personal Vision of the Space Shuttle is Roland Miller’s intimate photographic view of the Space Shuttle Program. A unique collection of imagery, the book explores the Space Shuttle orbiters—both inside and out—along 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.

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. Detailed imagery describes the distinctive design and engineering of these spacecraft and the facilities where they were maintained and launched. The drama and danger of spaceflight are seen in the wear and tear visible on the Space Shuttle orbiters.

The book also chronicles the story of Miller’s interactions with Space Shuttle workers and the impacts of the Challenger and Columbia accidents.

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