Walt Disney World has announced that Spaceship Earth will be temporarily closing for refurbishment later this summer.

Walt Disney Imagineering filed a permit for construction at Spaceship Earth, which closes for refurbishment in August.

Earth as our spaceship, uniquely designed to support life. Like a finely tuned machine, it requires us to account for every detail in how we convert energy from one form to another.

The Spaceship Earth lounge, now officially known as GEO-82, is set to open this spring, Disney has said. (Walt Disney Co.) ...