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Stenciled on many of the deactivated facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the evocative phrase “abandoned in place” indicates the structures that have been deserted. Some structures, too solid for any known method of demolition, stand empty and unused in the wake of the early period of US space exploration. Now Roland Miller’s color photographs document the NASA, Air Force, and Army facilities across the nation that once played a crucial role in the space race. Rapidly succumbing to the elements and demolition, most of the blockhouses, launch towers, tunnels, test stands, and control rooms featured in Abandoned in Place are located at secure military or NASA facilities with little or no public access. Some have been repurposed, but over half of the facilities photographed no longer exist. The haunting images collected here impart artistic insight while preserving an important period in history.

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Looking back through the lens of elapsed time at perhaps the most significant chapter of American space-flight history, Roland Miller captures the stark beauty of the abandoned relics of the sites that paved the way to the moon. Abandoned in Place breathes new life into old concrete, providing a fresh look even for those who lived or intimately know the glory of Apollo. --David Hitt, coauthor of Bold They Rise: The Space Shuttle Early Years, 1972-1986

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Roland Miller is the dean of the Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts Division at the College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois, USA. Roger D. Launius is the associate director for collections and curatorial affairs, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Bob Thall is a professor of photography at Columbia College, Chicago, USA. He has published many photography books, including At City's Edge: Photographs of Chicago's Lakefront.

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