EPCOT brings Mars closer to Earth with new Mission: SPACE exhibit

Oct 04, 2023 in "Mission: SPACE"

Perseverance Mars Rover display at Mission SPACE

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Perseverance Mars Rover display at Mission SPACE

Perseverance Mars Rover display at Mission SPACE

Perseverance Mars Rover display at Mission SPACE

Perseverance Mars Rover display at Mission SPACE

Perseverance Mars Rover display at Mission SPACE

Perseverance Mars Rover display at Mission SPACE

Posted: Wednesday October 4, 2023 10:09am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Mission: SPACE at Walt Disney World's EPCOT has a new addition created through the combined efforts of Walt Disney Imagineering and NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover team.

Perseverance Mars Rover display at Mission SPACE

Perseverance Mars Rover display at Mission SPACE

Perseverance Mars Rover display at Mission SPACE

Perseverance Mars Rover display at Mission SPACE

The new display replicates the tread marks left by the Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars, using a borrowed prototype rover wheel.

Perseverance Mars Rover display at Mission SPACE

Perseverance Mars Rover display at Mission SPACE

Disney artists also added some surface collection tubes recreated through 3D printing.

Perseverance Mars Rover display at Mission SPACE

Perseverance Mars Rover display at Mission SPACE

Perseverance continues its mission on Mars to collect samples that a future mission could one day return to Earth.

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Magicart8721 days ago

Wish they'd change that sign.

Disstevefan121 days ago

I remember Disney saying how expensive this paint was, like $800 a quart or something.

James Alucobond21 days ago

itshappening.gif https://blogmickey.com/2024/04/sun-damaged-panel-refresh-begins-for-planet-mars-at-mission-space-in-epcot/

JoeCamelMar 16, 2024

Just A.S.S. on steroids

wdwmagicMar 15, 2024

Looking very green at EPCOT these days :)

Disstevefan1Mar 14, 2024

Let me be clear, Mission Space IS NO HORIZONS! HORIZONS WAS GREAT! And I wish they ADDED Mission space and kept Horizons. Yes, it is a problem that a slow moving omnimover ride like Horizons was replaced by a intense thrill ride in Mission Space. At least they added the less intense trip around the Moon as a ride anyone can experience.

larryzMar 14, 2024

Lots of fancy words about a multi-million-dollar spin-and-puke...

Bill CipherMar 14, 2024

I think this is one of those attractions which will be eternally weighed down by its history and the gravity of what it replaced. Much like Figment, Runaway Railway, and Stitch these discussions on the merit of the attraction must be predicated by what was lost to make it happen, and buy and large many agree the loss of Horizons makes this a net negative. And this comes from someone who never properly experienced Horizons.

larryzMar 14, 2024

Tell that to my record player...

wdwmagicMar 14, 2024

It does not currently rotate

Disstevefan1Mar 14, 2024

Last to leave due to their high elevation, the family from Denver. ;)

celluloidMar 14, 2024

When it worked, it was more of a controlled rotation :p

BrianMar 14, 2024

Flat objects don't spin.

MisterPenguinMar 14, 2024

You think a picture can reveal if a non-descript orb is spinning? ;)

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