Ad astra (phrase) is a Latin phrase meaning "''to the stars''", and the motto of several organizations
Ad astra may also refer to:
General
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''Ad Astra'' (magazine), official publication of the National Space Society
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''Ad Astra'' (journal), undergraduate journal of Roosevelt Academy
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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 o ...
, Toronto literary science fiction convention
* "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 wi ...
in 1984.
Companies
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Ad Astra Rocket Company, a U.S. corporation founded by former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz
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Ad Astra Aero, precursor of the now-defunct airline Swissair
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Ad Astra Games
''Attack Vector: Tactical (AV:T)'' is a space combat wargame published by Ad Astra Games. The game is consciously designed to model comparatively realistic space combat and eschew common conventions of space warfare. Attack Vector: Tactical is set ...
, a game publisher
Literature and art
* "Ad Astra", a short story by
William Faulkner
William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most of ...
* "Ad Astra", a short story by
Harry Harrison
* ''Ad Astra'', a painting by
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Akseli Gallen-Kallela (26 April 1865 – 7 March 1931) was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the ''Kalevala'', the Finnish national epic. His work is considered a very important aspect of the Finnish national ident ...
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''Ad Astra'' (Lippold sculpture), a large sculpture at the entrance to the National Air and Space Museum
Film
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''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, ...
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* "Ad Astra", a song by the band Arcturus, from the album ''
La Masquerade Infernale
''La Masquerade Infernale'' (Misspelled French for ''The Infernal Masquerade''. The correct spelling would be ''La Mascarade Infernale''.) is the second studio album by Arcturus. Released by Misanthropy Records in 1997, the album marks a drastic ...
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* "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
See also
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Adastra (disambiguation) Adastra (from Latin ''ad astra'', "to the stars") may refer to:
*Adastra, a typeface designed in 1928 by Herbert Thannhaeuser of D. Stempel AG
*Adastra Films, a French film production company
*Adastra Minerals, a British mining company
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Per aspera ad astra
''Ad astra'' is a Latin language, 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 ...
, a related Latin phrase
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Per ardua ad astra, another similar Latin phrase
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