On the afternoon of April 10, a number of my friends texted me, “Are you photographing the landing?” I had just left a shoot at a nearby gym and had no idea what they were talking about. I was educated about the Artemis II first crewed lunar mission in over fifty years. Huh. Why hadn’t I heard about this? Growing up in the 60s/70s, anything related to space travel made frontpage headlines and EVERYONE knew about it. Seems kind of fitting I guess that I recently acquired this 1950s image showing the Disneyland Spaceman and Spacegirl, when the world was obsessed with the moon.
The gent in the previous photo is one of the most frequent cast members in my collection of Disneyland Spaceman shots. Here he is in color with two young adoring fans:
And again in black and white. Do you think the little nerd in front ever blossomed?
Again in color:
Circa 1956/1957:
Others portrayed this character, including the cast member captured below in this undated 1950s image:
Want a closeup of his gizmo? Of course you do! I believe the partially hidden patch is for early Disneyland sponsor Kaiser Aluminum.
This 1962 shot is a bit dark, but still a fave:
…because of this guest and his feathered hat. I wonder if that hat would have been allowed on Big Thunder Mountain?
In other news of my ignorance, I had no idea that the Spacemand and Spacegirl were semi-back at Disneyland. According to MC43 on X/Twitter, they make special guest appearances. I need to get out more.
See more Disneyland Spaceman/Spacegirl photos at my main website.
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