Science Museum sets Vulcan salute world record for Star Trek at 60

A total of 934 people performed the Vulcan salute at the same time at the Science Museum in London, setting a Guinness World Record.

Participants had to hold the salute for one minute for Tuesday's attempt to count.

It was overseen by Guinness World Records adjudicator Paulina Sapinska, who presented a certificate to the museum's commercial operations director, Ben Lheureux.

Dr Glyn Morgan, the museum's head of collections and principal curator, said staff had been "really excited at the idea of breaking a world record".

"It's the 60th anniversary of Star Trek and we wanted something people would really remember," he said.

Actor Martin Quinn, who plays chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, took part.

The attempt took place during a late-night event at the South Kensington museum marking 60 years of the US science-fiction series.

The salute is performed by holding up the hand, palm outward, and parting the middle and ring fingers.

It was first seen in a 1967 episode of the original series, used by Leonard Nimoy's character Spock, and is usually accompanied by the phrase "live long and prosper".

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