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Astronaut pays homage to Star Trek’s most famous female captain

via Samantha Cristoforetti's Twitter

More often than not astronauts are just big old nerds, which is just one of the many reasons I love them so much. Case in point: Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti brought a Star Trek uniform to the International Space Station and tweeted this incredible photo of herself wearing it in space.

Even better, she used a quote from Voyager‘s Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) as the photo’s caption.

Apparently, like Janeway, Cristoforetti is a big fan of coffee and she’s particularly jazzed that the SpaceX vehicle Dragon is deliverying ISS’s first ever espresso machine.

Lady astronauts paying homage to famous female sci-fi captains? I’m all about that.

[h/t People]

Photo: via Samantha Cristoforetti’s Twitter

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