Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This week, 50 years ago, marked the launch date for Disney’s adventure into the final frontier of space with their Space Mountain ...

Space Mountain has gone from an idea by Walt Disney for California to becoming the oldest coaster in Florida. Here are attraction highlights from five decades using Orlando Sentinel clips and other ...

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 public on ...

“Like many great ideas, it came from the imagination of Walt Disney,” Steven Vagnini, content strategy manager for Walt Disney Archives, told USA TODAY. “Walt first had the idea for a high-speed trip ...

Space Mountain was one of the first computer-controlled roller coasters. If the ride's "space shuttles" (or "rocket sleds") approached each other too closely, the computers slowed or stopped the ...