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

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

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.) ...