Samantha Cristoforetti paid homage to Star Trek by dressing as a member of the Voyager crew
NASA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti may have just won the hearts of Trekkies across the planet - with a brilliant selfie snapped aboard the International Space Station.
Cristoforetti posted a picture of herself in a full Star Trek "uniform" with planet Earth hanging majestically in the background.
"'There's coffee in that nebula'..ehm, I mean...in that #Dragon" Cristoforetti wrote, referring to the Dragon space capsule that brought supplies and an espresso machine to the orbiting space station.
Serious Trek fans will notice that the black and red top Cristoforetti is wearing is similar to those worn on Star Trek: Voyager - the fourth series in the long-running space franchise.
And the phrase "there's coffee in that nebula," was uttered by character Kathryn Janeway who captained the USS Voyager during the series.
The Star Trek snap is the latest in a series of social media posts from astronauts currently orbiting the planet.
Earlier in the month, astronaut Terry Virts posted footage of a spacewalk aboard the space station taken with a GoPro action camera.
He also referenced his own love of Star Trek, by tweeting a picture of himself giving the Vulcan salute following the death of Leonard Nimoy