No, Spaceship Earth was not closed in 2023; it remained open to guests throughout that year. Although a massive "story-light" reimagining was announced several years prior, the project was indefinitely delayed due to global events and budget reallocations. In 2026, the attraction remains functional and continues to take guests on a journey through the history of human communication. There was a brief, routine refurbishment in late 2025 that saw the ride close for about two months for technical maintenance, but it reopened in October 2025 with no substantive changes to the show scenes or the narration. While rumors of a full renovation occasionally resurface in the Disney community, the iconic geosphere currently continues to operate daily as the center-point of EPCOT, though some of its older interactive elements are widely considered to be showing their age.