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
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