ad astra
Heavenward, in Latin
Ad astra is Latin for "to the stars," used in English as an expression of lofty ambition or aspiration toward greatness.
It appears in mottos, titles, and rhetoric about space exploration or high achievement.
The fuller phrase *ad astra per aspera* ("to the stars through hardships") emphasizes that reaching such heights requires struggle: The mission patch bore the words ad astra.
- night skyDarkness above after sunset
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
- launchSet into motion
lift off · celestial · skyward · space · orbit · voyage · infinity · destiny · Latin · motto · ambition · ascend · sci fi · NASA · space race · heavens · dream · beyond
- Latin phrasesE pluribus unum, carpe diem, caveat emptor, veni vidi vici, prima facie
- Mottoescarpe diem, be prepared, excelsior, always ready, liberty or death
- LatinLatin, Latin vocabulary, Latin roots, Latin alphabet, Latin phrases
ad astraearthbound
Confined to terra firma
downward · earthward · subterranean · underground · grounded
ad astramundane
Commonplace, lacking excitement
earthbound · earthly · pedestrian · mediocrity · lowly
star, stars, stellar, astral, asterisk, asteroid, astronaut, astronomy, astrology