Astronauts Celebrate Autumn Equinox 2017 With One Last Aloha Friday

[Judi Lynn]

By Calla Cofield, Space.com Senior Writer | September 22, 2017 06:10pm ET

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Today (Sept. 22) is the first day of autumn in the northern hemisphere, but the astronauts on the International Space Station squeezed in one last "Aloha Friday."

Randy Bresnik, NASA astronaut and Expedition 53 commander, posted two photographs to Twitter of he and his crewmates wearing space-themed Hawaiian shirts (or Aloha shirts). The brightly colored short-sleeved shirts feature red and yellow planets, blue stars and purple gas clouds.

"Our Earth is but an island in the cosmos," Bresnik wrote. "Exp 53 crew is embracing the island lifestyle with our @Space_StationHawaiians on #AlohaFriday!"

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I'm glad they got their Aloha Friday!

And those are some very cool shirts.

I'd love to have one! Is anyone making them?

[Warren DeMontague]

2. Those are, indeed, some badass shirts!