Astro

Astro may refer to:

Entertainment and media

• Astro (South Korean band), a South Korean boy band
• Astro (UB40) (born Terence Wilson) (1957–2021), rapper and member of the British reggae band UB40
• Astro (Chilean band), a Chilean indie rock band
• Astro (Japanese band), a Japanese noise music project
• Astro (album), a 2011 album by Chilean band Astro
• "Astro", a song by The White Stripes from their 1999 debut The White Stripes
• Astro (The Jetsons), a dog character in the cartoon The Jetsons
• Astro Toilets, the main antagonists in the 2023 web series Skibidi Toilet

People with the given name

• Astro (rapper) (born 1996), American rapper and actor
• Astro de Ogum (born 1957), Brazilian politician
• Astro Teller (born 1970), British computer scientist

Satellites

• ASTRO (satellite), the Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations vehicle, an American technology demonstration satellite
• Project names of astronomy satellites by ISAS (now JAXA)
  • ASTRO-A or Hinotori (satellite), a solar X-ray astronomy satellite
  • ASTRO-B or Tenma, an X-ray astronomy satellite
  • ASTRO-C or Ginga (satellite), an X-ray astronomy satellite
  • ASTRO-D or Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (ASCA), an X-ray astronomy satellite
  • ASTRO-E, and ASTRO-EII or Suzaku (satellite), an X-ray astronomy satellite
  • ASTRO-F or Akari (satellite), formerly known as IRIS, an infrared astronomy satellite
  • ASTRO-G or VSOP-2, a canceled radio astronomy satellite project
  • ASTRO-H or Hitomi (satellite), formerly known as NeXT, an X-ray astronomy satellite

Science and medicine

• ASTRO (American Society for Radiation Oncology) or its annual conference
• the Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Observatory (AStrO), now the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) in Eureka, Canada

• Astronomy
  • Astrobiology
  • Astrochemistry
  • Astro-geodetic methods, a group of important methods in geodesy, satellite techniques and astrometry
  • Astrometry
  • Astrophysics
  • Astropy

• Astronautics

Sports and games

• Astro convention, a contract bridge bidding convention
• Astrodome, a sports venue in Houston, Texas, and the first home of the Houston Astros
• The Houston Astros, a Major League Baseball team
• Astro (video game), an indie video game developed by Delgoodie

Television services

• Astro (company), All-Asian Satellite Television and Radio Operator, a Malaysian subscription-based multi-channel satellite TV and radio service
  • Astro MAX, a former personal video recorder service for Astro (Malaysian satellite television)
  • Astro Ria Malaysian pay television channel
  • Astro Vaanavil Malaysian pay television channel in Tamil language
  • Astro Wah Lai Toi (Astro 華麗台 in Traditional Chinese) a Cantonese television channel, operated by Astro (Malaysia) and HKB (Hong Kong)
• Astro Malaysia Holdings, media holding company

Vehicles

• Chevrolet Astro, a "mid-size" van
• GMC Astro, a cabover tractor-trailer truck made by GMC from 1968 to 1988
• Astro-Gnome, an American automobile

Other

• Adobe Flash Player version 10
• Astrology
• Astro (Motorola), used to describe the digital voice radios produced by Motorola
• Astro navigation, celestial navigation, positional astronomy, navigating by the stars
• Astro yogourt, a Parmalat Canada product
• Amazon Astro, a household robot made by Amazon
• Astro Gaming, American manufacturer of gaming peripherals
• Astro Bot (series), a series of platforming video games developed by Team Asobi (formerly Japan Studio)
  • Astro Bot Rescue Mission, a 2018 platforming video game developed by Japan Studio released for PlayStation VR
  • Astro's Playroom, a 2020 platforming video game developed by Team Asobi which comes pre-installed on every PlayStation 5 console
  • Astro Bot, a 2024 platforming video game developed by Team Asobi released for PlayStation 5

See also

• Astra (disambiguation)
• Astro Arena (disambiguation)
• Astros (disambiguation)