IT ’ S NOT QUEASY BEING GREEN Mission : SPACE opened in 2003 with four centrifuge motion simulators , all with the same intense experience . Just a few years later , half of them had the centrifuge action turned off to create the Green Mission , a motion simulation with an intensity similar to Star Tours .
In 2017 , the Green Mission changed again — from a milder duplicate of the Orange Mission to Mars to an all-new ( and still tame ) Earth orbit . Both are worth the wait , but the Green Mission is the better choice for riders who have health concerns or a tendency to experience motion sickness .
Your flight director will remind you to keep your head back and eyes open throughout the flight to keep you from experiencing disorientation . Riders who experience motion sickness very easily , or who can easily feel claustrophobic , may want to wait outside .
Like we said , it ’ s intense . Case in point : This is the only ride in Disney history to ever offer motion sickness bags !
There are seperate queues for each mission . PHOTO BY CLIFF WANG
It ’ s at this point in the journey that you ’ ll have to choose between the Green Mission and the Orange Mission — which used to be versions of the same basic experience but now represent two entirely different simulations .
Once you pick a side , you ’ ll enter the queue — or , we should say , the International Space Training Center ( ISTC ). As you wait for your turn to participate in this miraculous adventure , you ’ ll encounter replicas of space suits , models of spacecraft , a sprawling gravity lab , and a glimpse into mission control .
During the pre-show , astronauts-intraining receive instructions from their CAPCOM , played by Gina Torres , via a televised presentation . A CAPCOM , or Capsule Communicator , is a real spaceflight term for the liaison between astronauts and mission control . Space geeks may recognize Torres from the short-lived space cowboy drama , Firefly . She replaced previous footage of Gary Sinise after the 2017 refurbishment . She explains that you ’ re the “ new kids ” on the ISTC team , training to embark on one of two special missions : either all the way to the surface of Mars or around our home planet .
Check out mission control on your way to launch . PHOTO BY MIKE BILLICK