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

The ride today bears little resemblance to actual spaceflight. But in the 50 years Space Mountain has been running, there ...

Space Mountain is one of the most recognizable theme park attractions around the world, but here’s what you may not know ...

Today is a special day to celebrate and contemplate this wave, as Space Mountain is celebrating a major milestone. Amid that, ...

A cultural touchstone, the dark ride opened to the public on Jan. 15, 1975, three years and three months after the Magic ...

Walt Disney wanted to build Space Mountain at Disneyland a decade before the indoor roller coaster forever altered the ...

This week, 50 years ago, marked the launch date for Disney’s adventure into the final frontier of space with their Space ...

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 ...

• Jan. 15, 1975: Space Mountain opened at a cost of $15 million, the Sentinel reported, “an amount more than the whole cost ...

Today is a special day to celebrate and contemplate this wave, as Space Mountain is celebrating a major milestone. Amid that, though, I must politely reiterate a bone I have to pick with this ...

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 ...

Space Mountain, the roller coaster that launched Walt Disney World into a new era, turns 50 years old this month. The ride, a key part of Magic Kingdom’s first major expansion, opened to the ...