Space Mountain's 50th Anniversary

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Space Mountain at 50: Five nods to NASA from the Walt Disney World ride

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Space Mountain opened 50 years ago today ( Jan. 15 ) at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Florida .

It was the first roller coaster intended to give the public the same feeling that only astronauts had experienced.

Space Mountain was one of the first computer-controlled roller coasters.

In 1975 , the RCA Corporation was working on the development of closed-circuit television and other subsystems for NASA 's then-upcoming space shuttle program.

Space Mountain was Disney 's first space-themed attraction, "Rocket to the Moon," which opened in 1971 .

The attraction was re-themed to " Mission to Mars " at both parks within months of Space Mountain opening at the Magic Kingdom in 1975 .

Five months before the first joint American and Russian space mission, the five members of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project visited Walt Disney World .

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