Ad astra (phrase) is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars", and the motto of several organizations

Ad astra may also refer to:

General

• Ad Astra (magazine), official publication of the National Space Society
• Ad Astra (journal), undergraduate journal of Roosevelt Academy
• Ad Astra (convention), Toronto literary science fiction convention
• "Ad Astra", a videogame released by Gargoyle Games in 1984.
• "Adastra", a furry visual novel released by The Echo Project in 2019.
• Ad Astra, science fiction play-by-mail game.
• Ad Astra Ice Cap, Nunavut, Canada
• Ad Astra Ice Cap (Greenland), Queen Louise Land, NE Greenland

Companies

• Ad Astra Rocket Company, a U.S. corporation founded by former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz
• Ad Astra Aero, precursor of the now-defunct airline Swissair
• Ad Astra Games, a game publisher

Literature and art

• "Ad Astra", a short story by William Faulkner
• "Ad Astra", a short story by Harry Harrison
• Ad Astra, a painting by Akseli Gallen-Kallela
• Ad Astra (Lippold sculpture), a large sculpture at the entrance to the National Air and Space Museum

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
• "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

See also

• Adastra (disambiguation)
• Per aspera ad astra, a related Latin phrase
• Per ardua ad astra, another similar Latin phrase