LONDON -- British astronaut Tim Peake has paid tribute to musician David Bowie, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 69.
Peake, who is currently on board the International Space Station, shared his thoughts on the musician's passing in a tweet sent out in the early hours of Monday morning.
Saddened to hear David Bowie has lost his battle with cancer – his music was an inspiration to many. @DavidBowieReal— Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) January 11, 2016
Peake has since tweeted to say there will be a special edition of his musical quiz, #spacerocks -- in which he tweets the lyrics from his favourite songs and asks people to tweet back with the name of the song and the artist -- on Monday evening.
Tonight there will be a special #spacerocks.6 track played up here https://t.co/p77O2hLXRG— Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) January 11, 2016
Peake's tweet isn't the first time Bowie has received a tribute from space. In 2013, astronaut Chris Hadfield recorded a cover version of Bowie's song "Space Oddity" while aboard the ISS. The video -- which features him strumming a guitar while floating through the station -- has been viewed almost 28 million times.
The first line of the video's YouTube description now reads, "Rest in peace, Starman".
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