Astra
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Astra may refer to:
Entertainment
- Astra (comics), name of two otherwise unrelated Marvel Comics characters, from 1977 and 1999, respectively
- Astra (DC Comics)
- Astra (film)
- Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association
- ASTRA Awards, annual awards presented by the Australian subscription television industry
- Astra, a character in the TV series Ultraman Leo
Music
- Astra Chamber Music Society, a Melbourne, Australia concert organisation, formed in 1951
- Astra (band), an American psychedelic and progressive rock band
- Astra (album), a 1985 release by Asia
- Astra, a 1990 composition by Charles Wuorinen
Sports
- FC Astra Giurgiu, a Romanian football club currently playing in Liga I
- Astra Krotoszyn, a Polish sports club
- Astra Giurgiu, a Romanian sports club
Science and technology
Computers and telecommunications
- Astra (satellite), a family of satellites operated by SES S.A.
- Trillian Astra, codename for a version of Trillian instant messaging (IM) client
- Astra (software), software to organize Digital Broadcasting Service for TV operators and broadcasters etc.
Space
- Astra, one suggested name for a hypothetical fifth planet that became the asteroid belt
- Association in Scotland to Research into Astronautics, a Scottish space advocacy group
- Astra Space, a US launch service provider
Other
- ASTRA (reactor), Adaptierter Schwimmbecken-Typ-Reaktor Austria, a type of nuclear reactor
Transportation
Automobiles
- Astra (1920 automobile), built by American company Dorris Motors
- Astra (1922 automobile), French cyclecar made by E Pasquet
- Astra (1930 automobile), shown by Belgian company Automobiles Astra, but never produced
- Astra (1954 automobile), built by British Anzani until 1959
- Astra (company), Italian truck manufacturer, a subsidiary of IVECO
- Astra Bus, a bus manufacturer based in Romania
- Vauxhall Astra, British GM brand since 1979, originally a version of the Opel Kadett
- Holden Astra, Australian version of the Nissan Pulsar, 1984–1989; version of the Opel Astra since 1995
- Opel Astra, produced since 1991; also known as the Chevrolet Astra and Saturn Astra
Aviation
- IAI Astra, Israel Aircraft Industries-manufactured twin-engine business jet
- A Handley Page Hinaidi prototype, later used for barnstorming in England under the name Astra
- Stellar Astra, American ultralight trike design
- Ultralight Engineering Astra, ultralight aircraft
- Société Astra, French airship and aeroplane manufacturer
- Astra Airlines, an airline based in Thessaloniki, Greece
Rail
- Astra Rail Industries, a Romanian rail vehicle manufacturer
- Astra Vagoane Călători, a passenger rail and tram cars manufacturer in Arad, Romania
Spaceflight
- Astra (aerospace), a US launch service provider, and its rocket Astra
Other uses
- Astra (beer)
- Astra (horse)
- Astra (Isauria), a town of ancient Isauria, now in Turkey
- Astra (weapon), a supernatural weapon in Hindu mythology
- Astra, Chubut, a village in Argentina
- Astra AB, former international pharmaceutical company based in Sweden
- Astra International, Indonesian conglomerate
- Astra (missile)
- American Specialty Toy Retailing Association
- Asociația Transilvană pentru Literatura Română și Cultura Poporului Român, a Transylvanian cultural association
- Astra-Unceta y Cia SA Spanish weapons manufacturer
- ASTRA, a branch of Altrusa International, Inc
People with the given name
- Astra Biltauere (born 1944), Latvian volleyball player
- Astra Blair (born 1932), British opera singer
- Astra Desmond (born 1893-1973), British contralto
- Astra Edwards (born 1981), Trinidadian table tennis player
- Astra Goldmane (born 1956), Latvian chess player
- Astra Klovāne (born 1944), Latvian chess player
- Astra Sharma (born 1995), Australian tennis player
- Astra Taylor (born 1979), American-Canadian filmmaker
- Astra Zarina (born 1929-2008), Latvian architect
See also
- Ad astra (disambiguation) , a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars"
- Astro (disambiguation)