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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 opened at Walt Disney World in 1975, was the first fully-enclosed, dark ...

A Disneyland map from 1968 showed an unnamed “future attraction” in Tomorrowland that looked a lot like Space Mountain with coaster tracks encircling the futuristic peak. ALSO SEE: Disneyland ...

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 ...

Space Mountain, the roller coaster that launched Walt Disney World into a new era, turns 50 years old this month. The ride, a ...

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 ...