Per aspera ad astra

Per aspera ad astra (or, less commonly, ad astra per aspera) is a popular Latin phrase meaning "through hardships to the stars". The phrase is one of the many Latin sayings that use the expression ad astra, meaning "to the stars".

"Ad astra per aspera" redirects here. For other uses, see Per aspera ad astra (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Per ardua ad astra.
"Per aspera ad astra", from Finland in the Nineteenth Century, 1894

Uses

Various organizations and groups use this expression and its variants.

Governmental entities

Military and government

Literature

Music
  • The subtitle of Moritz Moszkowski's set of fifteen Études de Virtuosité for piano, op. 72 (published 1903).
  • The subtitle of Charles Villiers Stanford's Piano Trio No. 3, Op. 158 (1918).
  • The title of the fourth album by ambient music duo Stars of the Lid (1998).
  • The subtitle of Sergei Bortkiewicz's 3rd piano concerto (1927).
  • The title of a song by Spiritual Beggars from their album Ad Astra (2000).
  • The title of a song by Haggard (band) from their album "Eppur Si Muove" (2004).
  • Acceptance has an instrumental track on their Phantoms album titled "Ad Astra Per Aspera" (2005).
  • The title of the second album (2011) by Abandon Kansas.
  • Per Aspera Ad Aspera, the name of a best-of album by the band ASP (2014).
  • The title of a march by Ernst Urbach op. 4 (1906).
  • The title of an album of marches by the Royal Norwegian Air Force Band.
  • The title of a composition by Hasaan Ibn Ali from his second Atlantic recording, never released, the master tapes of which were destroyed in the Atlantic warehouse fire of 1978.[13]
  • The subtitle of an instrumental song by the symphonic metal band Nightwish (2020).
  • The lyrics of the song 'Aspera' by Erin McKeown on her album "We Will Become Like Birds" (2005)

Anime
  • Mentioned in anime Astra Lost in Space on the Ark Series Spaceship which is later named as ASTRA.

Australia

Austria
  • Universität Klagenfurt

Botswana

Ecuador

Estonia

Honduras
  • Escuela Nacional de Música, Tegucigalpa
  • Instituto Salesiano San Miguel, Tegucigalpa

India
  • Clarence High School, Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Motto of Redwood House (Ad Astra)
  • St. Augustine's High School, kalimpong, District:Darjeeling, India
  • Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), New Delhi, India
  • The Frank Anthony Public School,Kolkata,India
  • The Frank Anthony Public School, Delhi, India - Motto of Ranger House
  • St Joseph's High School, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
  • Antonio D'souza High School, Mumbai, India
  • Technology Research and Incubation Centre, Dimapur, Nagaland

Jamaica
  • Immaculate Conception High School, St. Andrew
  • Mount Alvernia High School, Montego Bay

Japan
  • St. Francis Church, Tokyo, West-Hachioji, Gnosis Essene (HP)

Macau

Maldives
  • MNDF Fire and Rescue Services Training School, K.Viligili

New Zealand

Nigeria
  • Ilupeju College, Ilupeju, Lagos
  • Lagos Secondary Commercial Academy, LASCA
  • Kalabari National College, Buguma, Rivers State
  • Oriwu Model College, Igbogbo, Ikorodu

Norway

Pakistan

Paraguay

Philippines
  • Far Eastern University - Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation, Quezon City
  • St. John Paul II College of Davao, Davao City
  • Rosevale School, Cagayan de Oro City
  • Juan R. Liwag Memorial High School, Gapan City
  • Cagayan State University, Tuguegarao City

Romania

Russia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Slovakia

Slovenia
  • Prva gimnazija Maribor, Maribor
  • Gimnazija Jesenice, Jesenice
  • Gimnazija Škofja Loka, Škofja Loka

South Africa

Sri Lanka
  • St. Paul's Girls' School, Milagiriya, Colombo District, Western Province

Sweden

Tajikistan
  • Gymnasium #1 after V. Chkalov, Buston, Khujand, Sugd region

Ukraine

United Kingdom

United States

Fraternities and sororities
  • Beta Sigma Psi National Lutheran Fraternity[33]
  • Sigma Gamma Phi – Arethusa Sorority[34]
  • Korp! Amicitia – Estonian student sorority.
  • Freemasons-Knight's Templar, 32nd Degree
  • K.Ö.St.V. Almgau Salzburg - Austrian Catholic Student Association[35]
  • K.a.V. Danubia Wien-Korneuburg im ÖCV - Austrian Catholic Student Association

Others
  • As part of the official team crest of Arendal Football
  • As part of the team crest of the former Collingwood Cricket Club.
  • A plaque honoring the astronauts of Apollo 1 at the launch site where they perished.
  • A tribute exhibit to the Apollo 1 Astronauts "Ad Astra Per Aspera - A Rough Road Leads to the Stars" opened on January 27, 2017, the 50th anniversary of the loss of the crew, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
  • Inscribed on the crest of Pall Mall cigarettes packages[41]
  • The theme of "POR CC XXI" by Kolese Kanisius Jakarta
  • Part of a custom paint job in World Of Tanks
  • Tradewinds Swiss[42]
  • Space Development Network[43]
  • Part three of the book Jepp who Defied the Stars by Katherine Marsh has the phrase as its title.[44]
  • Appears in Morse code on the track titled "Sounds of Earth" on the Voyager Golden Record that has copies aboard the Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft that are currently in interstellar space. [45]
  • Is also the motto of the famous italian historical videomaker Nova Lectio.

See also

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