--- title: Dad Builds NASA Apollo Spaceship Simulator in Kid's Bedroom description: Complete with interactive switches, LED lights and sound effects canonical: https://time.com/3070701/dad-builds-nasa-spaceship-simulator-in-his-sons-bedroom/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-01T16:16:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:07.078Z og:title: Dad Builds NASA Spaceship Simulator in His Son's Bedroom og:description: Complete with interactive switches, LED lights and sound effects og:url: https://time.com/3070701/dad-builds-nasa-spaceship-simulator-in-his-sons-bedroom/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dad Builds NASA Spaceship Simulator in His Son's Bedroom twitter:description: Complete with interactive switches, LED lights and sound effects twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Dad Builds NASA Spaceship Simulator in His Son's Bedroom by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 1, 2014 4:16 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 1, 2014 4:16 PM CUT Some kids have _Star Wars_ posters in their bedrooms — but this kid has an actual SPACE SHIP. Father of two and general hero Jeff Highsmith decided to craft an interactive space shuttle for his 4-year-old kid, he [explains](http://makezine.com/video/making-fun-kids-room-spacecraft/ "undefined") on MAKE. It’s got controls, switches, glowing lights and a bunch of other realistic-looking spaceship stuff. Oh, it’s even got a bass shaker to simulate the feeling of the shuttle taking off. He decided to build the spaceship after creating [a mission control desk ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6zseFi070E "undefined")a few months back. Clearly, he thought, his kids would need a spaceship to go with it. The mission control center is in one room and the spaceship is in another — but his sons can collaborate on space mission using headsets. Coolest. Dad. Ever. ([h/t Laughing Squid](http://laughingsquid.com/dad-builds-awesome-interactive-spaceship-for-his-four-year-old-sons-bedroom/ "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3070701/dad-builds-nasa-spaceship-simulator-in-his-sons-bedroom/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3070701/dad-builds-nasa-spaceship-simulator-in-his-sons-bedroom/"},"headline":"Dad Builds NASA Spaceship Simulator in His Son's Bedroom","datePublished":"2014-08-01T16:16:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:07.078Z","description":"Complete with interactive switches, LED lights and sound effects","url":"https://time.com/3070701/dad-builds-nasa-spaceship-simulator-in-his-sons-bedroom/","keywords":["Newsfeed","NASA","Technology","kids","Science topic","dads"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3070701/dad-builds-nasa-spaceship-simulator-in-his-sons-bedroom/","name":"Dad Builds NASA Spaceship Simulator in His Son's Bedroom"}}]}] ```