"Ad Astra," a short story by William Faulkner

"Per Aspera Ad Astra", a song by Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, from the album Samurai

Ad Astra Rocket Company, a US corporation founded by former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz

Ad Astra Aero was the precursor of the now-defunct Swissair airline

Ad Astra, a painting by Akseli Gallen-Kallela

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

"Ad Astra", a song by the band Arcturus, from the album La Masquerade Infernale

Ad Astra, an album and a song by the band Spiritual Beggars

"Ad Astra Per Aspera", a song by the band Acceptance, from the album Phantoms

"Per Aspera Ad Astra", a song by the band Haggard, from the album Eppur Si Muove

Ad Astra (convention), Toronto science fiction convention

Ad Astra (journal), undergraduate journal of the Roosevelt Academy

Ad Astra Games, publisher of Attack Vector: Tactical and other titles