A Disney icon turns 50 years old on Wednesday. Space Mountain debuted at Walt Disney World on Jan. 15, 1975. “Like many great ideas, it came from the imagination of Walt Disney,” Steven ...

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

Two years after Magic Kingdom’s Space Mountain debuted, Disneyland opened its own version on May 27, 1977. At the time, it ...

Initial plans for Space Mountain by Walt Disney and his Imagineers in the early 1960s conceived of a spaceport in Disneyland’s Tomorrowland ... Disneyland kicks off Black Music Month with 40 ...

Space Mountain isn't the fastest ride around, ... (Mickey and friends wearing spiffy new space suits), along with a 2000-piece marching band that the music director had just four hours to organize.

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.

Last month Walt Disney World celebrated the original Space Mountain‘s 50th anniversary. That’s a whole lot of years and a whole lot of people flying through the dark.

Space Mountain, sponsored by RCA, at the Magic Kingdom. Guests stand in line to ride Space Mountain. The sign says there is a 45 minute wait. PHOTO BY SEAN BROWN/ORLANDO SENTINEL. 12/31/1990.

Space Mountain at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, June 15, 2018. The indoor rollercoaster was named top amusement park ride for the Orange County Register’s 25th annual Best of Orange County.

The Magic Kingdom’s Space Mountain ride ended up with two tracks instead of four, both of them indoors. The Florida version of the ride was essentially Disneyland’s Matterhorn track layout ...