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American astronaut Terry Virts tweeted this photo of the split-fingered Vulcan salute from the International Space Station as a tribute to actor Leonard Nimoy on Saturday. Nimoy, who played the half-human, half-Vulcan Mr. Spock on the classic television series "Star Trek" died Friday at 83. 
  
 Nimoy was a native of Boston and the Massachusetts coastline can be seen to the right of Virts' hand. ||||| A new iconic image was posted to Twitter Saturday by NASA astronaut Terry Virts in tribute to Leonard Nimoy. 
  
 As he passed over Massachusetts, US astronaut Terry Virts snapped a photo of the Vulcan salute as a tribute to actor Leonard Nimoy. 
  
 Astronaut tributes to Mr. Spock – and Leonard Nimoy, the human actor who donned a pair of pointy Vulcan ears – continued Saturday. 
  
 As the International Space Station passed over Massachusetts, US astronaut Terry Virts snapped a photo of the Vulcan salute as a tribute to actor Leonard Nimoy on Saturday. Nimoy was born in Boston. Virts tweeted the photo and NASA posted it to its official site. 
  
 As Space.com noted, the idea for Spock's signature Vulcan salute was "actually inspired by his Jewish heritage after seeing men at his synagogue use the hand gesture during prayer. He suggested it to the director as a Vulcan greeting and it stuck, Nimoy told the Yiddish Book Center in a video. 
  
 On Friday, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano offered their thoughts, via a video posted to YouTube on Nimoy's role as Spock, who inspired a generation of scientists and engineers all over this planet. 
  
 "As we at NASA, with our international partners, explore the moon, Mars, and beyond, we'll take the spirit and energy that Leonard brought to his character, Mr. Spock, along with us," said Fincke. "Live long and prosper." 
  
 And ESA Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano said: 
  
 The message of Star Trek is one of international cooperation and integration. Mr. Spock, a Vulcan from another planet, was fully integrated into his crew of humans and non-humans. We at the European Space Agency believe in that message – and working with our international partners, we will take that message with us as we go beyond to explore space for humanity and for our planet." 
  
 NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, soon to launch on a one-year mission to the International Space Station, offered this tweet: 
  
 #RIP @TheRealNimoy who popularized #space travel for generations to come so we may live long and prosper pic.twitter.com/UxWc3PVulO — Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) February 27, 2015 
  
 The official NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, a research facility in Maryland, dug into its photo archives for a 1967 visit by Nimoy. 
  
 NASA Administrator Charles Bolden issued the following statement about Nimoy: 
  
 “Leonard Nimoy was an inspiration to multiple generations of engineers, scientists, astronauts, and other space explorers. As Mr. Spock, he made science and technology important to the story, while never failing to show, by example, that it is the people around us who matter most. NASA was fortunate to have him as a friend and a colleague. He was much more than the Science Officer for the USS Enterprise. Leonard was a talented actor, director, philanthropist, and a gracious man dedicated to art in many forms. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and the legions of Star Trek fans around the world.” |||||
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Much of planet Earth reverberated with the news of Leonard Nimoy's death on Friday, but perhaps the most touching tribute came from above, via the Twitter account of Terry Virts. The astronaut, currently hanging out in the final frontier aboard the International Space Station, tweeted a photo of his hand in a Vulcan salute over the weekend, with Earth seen in the background through a space station window. As NBC News notes, Nimoy was a Massachusetts native, and the Bay State's coast can be seen to the right of Virts' hand. NASA administrator Charles Bolden added to the tribute, notes the Christian Science Monitor, calling Nimoy "an inspiration to multiple generations of engineers, scientists, astronauts, and other space explorers."