Our inner Space Bastard will not stop smiling at this.

The team was headed by Luke Geissbuhler and his 7-year-old son Max, who found the camera about 30 miles from the launch site in upstate New York. At its peak, the balloon reached an altitude of about 100,000 feet and battled 100-m.p.h. winds before it burst, sending the camera and iPhone hurtling back to earth at rates of 150 m.p.h. A specially designed parachute attached to the capsule eventually slowed it to about 15 m.p.h.

If you want to learn how they did it so that you can do it yourself, they’re writing a book!

Please recall, faithful reader, this is not the first non-government funded pictures of space.

• Taking Pictures of Space: V-2 Rocket vs 18 Year Olds with Balloons

Official site:http://www.brooklynspaceprogram.org/

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