V2 Launch Site with Hermes A-1 Rocket, Launch Complex 33 Gantry, White Sands Missile Range, NM, 2006. One of the earliest launch complexes built. Used to test launch captured German V2 rockets. Many of the features in LC 33's blockhouse made there way into other blockhouses at Cape Canaveral--like multiple panes of glass laminated together to allow for protected viewing of the launch from the blockhouse. Roland Miller

V2 Launch Site with Hermes A-1 Rocket, Launch Complex 33 Gantry, White Sands Missile Range, NM, 2006. One of the earliest launch complexes built. Used to test launch captured German V2 rockets. Many of the features in LC 33's blockhouse made there way into other blockhouses at Cape Canaveral--like multiple panes of glass laminated together to allow for protected viewing of the launch from the blockhouse.

Shelter Dome, Rubber Room, Launch Pad 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, 1996. Adjoining the Rubber Room was a Shelter Dome room with the floor set on springs to isolate the occupants from whatever conflagration may be occurring above them as they seek shelter. Roland Miller

Shelter Dome, Rubber Room, Launch Pad 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, 1996. Adjoining the Rubber Room was a Shelter Dome room with the floor set on springs to isolate the occupants from whatever conflagration may be occurring above them as they seek shelter.

Wind Tunnel Test Chamber with Model, 7 X 10 Foot Wind Tunnel, NASA Langley Research Center, VA, 1997. Roland Miller

Wind Tunnel Test Chamber with Model, 7 X 10 Foot Wind Tunnel, NASA Langley Research Center, VA, 1997.

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. Roland Miller

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.

Saturn V F1 Center Engine, Saturn V Center, Kennedy Space Center, FL, 1997. I was asked, in 1997, to photograph the newly opened Saturn V Center, including access to a high-lift for vantage points like this view of the center Saturn V F1 engine. Roland Miller

Saturn V F1 Center Engine, Saturn V Center, Kennedy Space Center, FL, 1997. I was asked, in 1997, to photograph the newly opened Saturn V Center, including access to a high-lift for vantage points like this view of the center Saturn V F1 engine.

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Capturing NASAs Abandoned Launch Sites Before They Disappear