On August 10th, Luke Geissbuhler and his young son launched their homemade device into the atmosphere. Composed of nothing but a weather balloon, an insulated capsule housing a camera, an iPhone for tracking, and handwarmers to keep the camera from freezing — the craft climbed 100,000 feet (that’s 19 miles high). Here’s the story of how they did it, as well as the amazing footage the camera captured as it left the stratosphere for the blackness of space.

Set to a soundtrack of his own beats, this mini-documentary features DJ Wordy and his pals taking in the sights and sounds of NYC. From the looks of it, they went to a bunch of concerts, the World Basketball Festival, a Jets game, Times Square, and toured Ellis Island, but it also reveals Wordy and crew cruising the streets and spinning in intimate locations. The montage also confirms that the sunset view from the Brooklyn Bridge never really gets old. See more photos from the trip here.