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Mission: Space

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The queue for Mission: Space begins inside the pavilion, with guests entering the International Space Training Center’s “Sim Room”. As they wait in the line, guests can see various artifacts from the history of space travel. A large gravity wheel, props from the 2000 movie Mission to Mars, and a replica NASA moon rover can all be found here. As guests enter the next part of the queue, the Command Room, they see that plaques commemorating the past, present, and even (fictional) future of space travel line the walls. A picture of the first family in space, and the "First Deep Space Mission" can be found here, reinforcing the idea that space travel has advanced a lot by the year 2036. Also in the queue, guests can also read inspirational quotes from famous astronauts and astronomers including: Neil Armstrong, Galileo, President John F. Kennedy, Plato, Kalpana Chawla, Carl Sagan, and even NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe.
While in the queue for Mission: Space, guests must choose what version of the attraction that they wish to experience. A cast member asks if they would like to be on the Green Team (the milder version of the attractionwhere guests fly around the planet) or the Orange Team (the normal versionmore intense verson where they fly to Mars). After choosing their version of the ride, guests get a colored card and enter the color-coded "Ready Rooms". Here,  ====Orange Team====If guests chose the Orange Team, they watch a short instructional video featuring CapCom (played by Gary Sinise) and they are given their role for the mission. In total there are four assignments that guests can be assigned:
* The Commander- Responsible for first stage separation and activating the manual control for landing.
After getting their roles, guests are buckled into their seats aboard the X-2 Rocket, which is almost ready for lift-off.
===The Flight to Mars===
[[Image:Missionspacepost.jpg|400px|thumb|The Advance Training Lab postshow. Photo by Josh Hallett]]
Mission: Space begins with a launch countdown, which includes various tension-building special effects. Just before the countdown ends, the seats tilt back into launch position. As the space shuttle takes off, guests feel like they are quickly picking up speed, and because the attraction gives off a G force of 2.5g, guests feel 2.5x heavier than they actually are (This sensation only happens on the Orange Team version of the attraction). After escaping the Earth's gravitational pull and making their way into space, guests feel weightless. As the space ship travels towards Mars, each guest must execute their duty. To do this, each crew member must press the button in front of them when Mission Control tells them to do so. If a guest fails to accomplish their task, the auto-pilot will take over and do it. Although there are many buttons and switches in front of each guests, they are there only to add realism, and do not do anything.
The trip to Mars includes a slingshot around the moon, a simulated hyper-sleep (to make the time it would take to get to Mars seem more realistic) and a landing on Mars itself. Along the way, the ship may experience various difficulties, depending on how well guests execute their responsibilities. After landing on Mars, guests disembark and exit the attraction. The  ====Green Team====On the Green Team version of the attraction is essentially , guests orbit around the same; however Earth. After takeoff, each team member needs to perform a task in order to get the gravity effects ship into orbit These tasks are not used: *Pilot- Initiates the first bay separation. *Commander- Initiates flight sequence. *Navigator- Initiates the thrusters. *Engineer- Initiates the flight pattern.After each team member has performed their task, the ship flies over the United States, getting a view of the country from outer space. After flying over the International Space Station and the Hawaiian Islands, the rocket passes another rocket before traveling over Japan, a storm in the Gobi desert, and the Himalayan Mountains. Continuing on, guests fly over the Middle East, the Nile River, Greece and Italy. Traveling over the rest of Europe, guests can see the Northern Lights on the horizon before they learn that there is a storm cell in the rockets landing path. Because of this, all the crew members need to act in order to help the landing. At this time, the pilot needs to initiate the landing sequence, the navigator the decent, the engineer the "wings for gliding", and finally, after the autopilot goes out, the pilot needs to activate manual control. The entire team must then use the control sticks to help land the ship safely. At this point mission control appears on screen and welcomes them back to Earth.
===Advanced Training Lab===