The out-of-this-world ride at the "Most Magical Place on Earth" just turned 50, and my family got a front row seat to the ...

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Disney Space Mountain, the classic Walt Disney World attraction, celebrated its golden anniversary on Wednesday, marking 50 years since its "spaceships" first blasted off ...

When the ride opened on Jan. 15, 1975, an Apollo moonwalker was its first passenger, NASA's insignia was on display and Space Mountain was dedicated to opening the new frontier. "We astronauts are ...

The attraction has become a cultural ... who took early rides on Space Mountain. The trio posed for photos alongside Mickey Mouse, decked out in his own spacesuit. They politely compared it ...

Photo by Brian Shih Space Mountain: de la Terre à la Lune would shoot guests to the moon by cannon. For the attraction, Imagineers needed to develop the world’s first catapult launch system ...

To commemorate the attraction’s 50th anniversary ... Check out the photo gallery that goes through the iconic history of Space Mountain. Blasting off from Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney ...

Here are attraction highlights from five decades ... (Orlando Sentinel file) • July 17, 1973: Sentinel printed a photo of Space Mountain construction. “Workers are now building circular ...

Fifty years ago this week, Space Mountain opened in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. The original Space Mountain, which ...

Walt Disney wanted to build Space Mountain at Disneyland a decade before the indoor roller coaster forever altered the skyline of the Magic Kingdom a few years after the debut of the Florida theme ...

Amid that, though, I must politely reiterate a bone I have to pick with this legendary attraction. As celebrated in a recent video, Space Mountain has hit its 50th year of operation. The January ...

Initially opening on January 15, 1975, Space Mountain, an indoor steel rollercoaster ... a Swiss Alps-themed attraction in Disneyland, California, which opened in 1959. During the 1964 renovations ...