Ad astra is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars". The phrase has origins with Virgil, who wrote in his ''Aeneid'': "''sic itur ad astra''" ('thus one journeys to the stars') and "''opta ardua pennis astra sequi''" ('desire to pursue the highhard to r ...

is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars". Ad astra may refer to:

General

* ''Ad Astra'' (journal), undergraduate journal of Roosevelt Academy *

Ad Astra (convention) Ad Astra is an annual science fiction, fantasy, and horror convention in Ontario. Major events of the convention include the Masquerade, Guest of Honour presentations, panel discussions, Art Show, and Dealer's Room, as well as a wide variety ...

, Toronto literary science fiction convention * ''Ad Astra'' (magazine), official publication of the National Space Society * ''Ad Astra'' (play-by-mail game), science fiction play-by-mail game *

Ad Astra Ice Cap Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a product or service. Advertising aims to present a product or service in terms of utility, advantages, and qualities of interest to consumers. It is typically used ...

, Nunavut, Canada *

Ad Astra Ice Cap (Greenland) Ad Astra Ice Cap () is an ice cap in Queen Louise Land, northeastern Greenland.Google Earth Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. History The ice cap was mapped during the 1952–54 British North Greenland expedit ...

, Queen Louise Land, NE Greenland * "Ad Astra", a videogame released by

Gargoyle Games Gargoyle Games was a British software company founded in 1983 by Roy Carter and Greg Follis in order to publish their first game, ''Ad Astra''. They generally specialized in games for the ZX Spectrum even though the company was originally named w ...

in 1984

Companies

Ad Astra Rocket Company The Ad Astra Rocket Company, a U.S. Delaware corporation, is a rocket propulsion company dedicated to the development of advanced plasma rocket propulsion technology. Located in Webster, Texas, three miles away from NASA's Johnson Space Center ...

, a U.S. corporation founded by former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz *

Ad Astra Aero (Latin for "to the stars air") was a Swiss airline An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers or freight (cargo). Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnersh ...

, precursor of the now-defunct airline Swissair * Ad Astra Games, a game publisher

Literature and art

* ''Ad Astra'' (sculpture), a large sculpture at the entrance to the National Air and Space Museum * "Ad Astra", a short story by

William Faulkner William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer. He is best known for William Faulkner bibliography, his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in fo ...

* "Ad Astra", a short story by Harry Harrison * ''Ad Astra'', a painting by

Akseli Gallen-Kallela Akseli Gallen-Kallela (born Axel Waldemar Gallén; 26 April 1865 – 7 March 1931) was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the ''Kalevala'', the Finnish national epic poetry, epic. His work is considered a very importa ...

Film

* ''Ad Astra'' (film), a 2019 American science fiction thriller film

Music

* "Ad Astra", a song by the band Deerhunter, from the album ''

Fading Frontier ''Fading Frontier'' is the seventh studio album by the American indie rock band Deerhunter, released on October 16, 2015, on 4AD. Produced by Ben H. Allen, who had previously worked with the band on ''Halcyon Digest'' (2010), and the band itself, ...

'' * "Ad Astra", a song by the band Arcturus, from the album '' La Masquerade Infernale'' * "All the Works of Nature Which Adorn the World - Ad Astra", a song by the band Nightwish, from the album '' Human. :II: Nature.'' * ''Ad Astra'', an album and a song by the band

Spiritual Beggars Spiritual Beggars is a Swedish stoner metal band from Halmstad, formed by Michael Amott, who is known for his work with Arch Enemy, Carcass (band), Carcass and Carnage (band), Carnage. The band is heavily influenced by 1970s hard rock and inco ...

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