The ride today bears little resemblance to actual spaceflight. But in the 50 years Space Mountain has been running, there have been and still are several nods to NASA.

A Buzz Lightyear meet-and-greet location in the Space Mountain queue tied to the opening of “Lightyear” includes a photo backdrop with the film’s mountainous spaceport and the XL-15 hyper ...

One of Disneyland’s most iconic rides, Space Mountain, is getting a major overhaul at one of the company’s popular parks. The attraction at Tokyo Disneyland Park will close in 2024 and reopen ...

But that’s not the only impact Genie Plus has had on Space Mountain. When the park implemented a Lightning Lane on the ride, it also removed its best perk: a single rider line.

A guest arrives in the updated queue area of Space Mountain during a soft-opening preview at the Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World, Monday, November 16, 2009. JOE BURBANK, ORLANDO SENTINEL.

The iconic Space Mountain ride at Disneyland Paris just got a Star Wars makeover, but CNET's Kent German isn't convinced it needed one. Kent was a senior managing editor at CNET News. A veteran of ...

Two years after Magic Kingdom’s Space Mountain debuted, Disneyland opened its own version on May 27, 1977. At the time, it was the second roller coaster at the park, after Matterhorn Bobsleds.

Space Mountain Demolition and Construction Tokyo Disneyland’s original Space Mountain — which opened with the park in 1983 — closed permanently in July of last year.

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 ...