The Science Museum has set the world record for the most Vulcan salutes to mark Star Trek Day.

On Tuesday, the London museum hosted a successful Guinness World Record for the most people performing a Vulcan salute simultaneously – with 934 people taking part.

Participants were required to hold the salute for one minute for the record.

The record was overseen by Guinness World Records adjudicator Paulina Sapinska, who awarded the certificate to the Science Museum’s commercial operations director Ben Lheureux.

Science Museum head of collections and principal curator Dr Glyn Morgan said they 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 and would really mark this event as something special – and what’s more special than breaking a world record?” he said.

Attending the event was actor Martin Quinn, who plays chief engineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

He said: “I’m going to hang my Guinness World Record certificate in my brother’s room to really rub it in.”

The record attempt took place during the museum’s Star Trek Lates night which is part of a series of events marking 60 years of the US sci-fi series and includes the Star Trek Warp Trail, which leads visitors through a number of related displays.

First being shown on screen in a 1967 episode of the franchise’s original series, which ran from 1966 to 1969, the Vulcan salute is performed by Leonard Nimoy’s character Spock by holding up the hand, palm outward, and parting the middle and ring finger. It is usually accompanied by the phrase: “Live long and prosper.”

The Star Trek Warp Trail displays include the uniform belonging to chief engineer Scotty, played by Simon Pegg in 2009’s Star Trek film, as well as Admiral Jean-Luc Picard’s uniform, worn by Sir Patrick Stewart in the Paramount+ Star Trek: Picard TV series, which ran from 2020 to 2023.

Star Trek launched in 1966, introducing the crew of the USS Enterprise – Captain Kirk (William Shatner), Spock, Dr McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Scotty (originally played by James Doohan), Lt Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) – and many other characters to the world.

Since then, Star Trek has gone on to produce numerous TV series and films, including shows such as The Next Generation, which starred Sir Patrick, Deep Space Nine and Voyager, which starred Kate Mulgrew, and films across three different timelines.

The Star Trek Warp Trail will run until September 13 at the South Kensington venue.