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The International Space Station is not hundreds of miles above the surface, but right up close at the altitude of a commercial jetliners.
In a new video, an airplane enthusiast uses the popular game Microsoft Flight Simulator to show what the space station would look like at just 10,000 feet in altitude.
The video shows the International Space Station blasting across the sky at 17,150 miles per hour, or five miles per second, in a demonstration of how fast it can fly.
If you were standing below and trying to take a picture, you would only have a short time to hit the shutter.
It wouldn't work in real life. The space station would have to overcome a lot of air resistance in order to maintain its speed.
The space station is not designed to glide through the air, so it will fall out of the sky.
It's a fun demonstration of the speed of an object that seems to be drifting through the night sky.
This is what the International Space Station would look like if it flew at airplane altitude.
The cargo spaceship is on its way to the space station.
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