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 ...

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.

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 original version of Space Mountain opened in 1975 inside Magic Kingdom’s Tomorrowland. The roller coaster quickly became a hit, making a West Coast version a top priority for the company.