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Mission: Space

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{{Template:Infobox Disney ride |
| image= MissionspaceMissionspace2.jpg
| caption='''The exterior of Mission: Space.'''
| theme=Space travel
| sponsor= Hewlett-Packard
| land=Future WorldDiscovery
| vehicle= Spaceship
| park= Epcot
| custom_label_1 = Type
| custom_value_1 = Motion simulator
|custom_label_2= FastPass Disney Genie +|custom_value_2= Yes (Group B)}}Mission :Space is a pavilion and an attraction located in World Discovery within [[Epcot]]
==Pavilion History==
===Unbuilt Pavilions===
===Advanced Training Lab===
After exiting Mission: Space, guests enter the Advanced Training Lab. Here, there are four different exhibits that guests they can visit. They The exhibits include:
* The Space Base- A playground for young guests with a space theme.
* Expedition: Mars- A video game, in which guests take control of an astronaut, who has four minutes to find four other astronauts on Mars.
* Postcards from Space- In this exhibit, guests can send a short video of themselves with various space themed backgrounds.
==Shopping==
'''Mission: Space Giftshop'''- Located outside of the main attraction, the shop sells Mission: Space and other Epcot merchandise.==Lounge==During the original construction of the Mission: Space pavilion, a large building was constructed for use as a sponsor lounge for HP. The building was never completed and a smaller lounge was instead built within the pavilion. Called the HP Red Planet Room, the entrance to the lounge is located to the left of the pavilion's main entrance <ref> http://www.robyeodesign.com/blog/2016/3/21/future-worlds-s </ref>. From inside the HP Red Planet Room, visitors can see Mission: Space's queue and exit.  During land clearing for Epcot's new space themed restaurant, the unfinished HP Lounge became visible to guests. Although the building has been used for storage, it is expected that the structure may be incorporated into the new restaurant <ref> https://wdwnt.com/2018/07/photos-land-cleared-for-epcots-future-world-space-restaurant-revealing-unfinished-hp-lounge/ </ref>.
==Fun Facts and Trivia==
** Outside of the pavilion, a planter is shaped like the demolished pavilion <ref> http://www.mainstgazette.com/2008/05/exploration-of-deep-space.html </ref>.
** The Horizons logo can be seen on the center of the Gravity Wheel located in the queue <ref name= "allears"> http://allears.net/tp/ep/e_ms.htm </ref>.
** The log logo can also be seen on the checkout desk in the pavilions gift shop <ref> http://www.lostepcot.com/horizons.html </ref>.
* The Lunar Rover suspended from the ceiling in the queue is on loan from the Smithsonian <ref> http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/mission-space.htm </ref>.
* Trevor Rabin (formally of Yes) composed a new musical score for Mission: Space <ref name= "allears"/>.
* Imagineers went through nearly 100 different shades of red before settling the color that is used in the pavilions pavilion's facade <ref name= "allears"/>.
* In 2001, the Mission: Space Launch Center preview was housed in [[Innoventions East]]<ref name= "book"/>.
* The ride system is anchored in a basement which is 30 feet below ground<ref name= "book"/>.
* When Mission: Space was announced, Disney claimed that the Horizons pavilion would be too small to hold the attraction. In actuality, Mission: Space is significantly smaller then than Horizons<ref name= "book"/>.
* If guests look at the small monitor located in the Command Room in Mission: Space's queue, they will see a small bird coming in for a crash landing. This is a reference to the extinct Flight to the Moon and Mission to Mars attractions in the [[Magic Kingdom]]. In these attractions' preshows, a bird would set off alarms, and Mission Control would mistake the bird for a UFO <ref> Mongello, Lou. "Mission: Space DSI: Disney Scene Investigation." Audio blog post. WDW Radio. N.p., 23 Sept. 2015. Web </ref>.