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