Astro

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Astro may refer to:

Entertainment and media

• Astro (UB40) (born 1957), member of the British reggae band UB40
• Astro (Chilean band), a Chilean indie rock band
• Astro (Japanese band), a Japanese noise music project
• Astro (rapper) (born 1996), contestant on the first season of the U.S. version of The X Factor in 2011
• "Astro", a song by The White Stripes from their 1999 debut The White Stripes
• Astro (The Jetsons), a dog character who's in The Jetsons franchise

Satellites

• ASTRO, the Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations vehicle, an American technology demonstration satellite
• Project names of astronomy satellites developed by ISAS (now JAXA)
  • ASTRO-A, (Hinotori (satellite))
  • ASTRO-B (Tenma)
  • ASTRO-C, (Ginga (satellite))
  • ASTRO-D (Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics)
  • ASTRO-E and ASTRO-EII (Suzaku)
  • ASTRO-F (Akari)
  • Astro-G (VSOP-2)
  • Astro-H (NeXT)

Science and medicine

• ASTRO (American Society for Radiation Oncology) or its annual conference
• Astronomy
  • Astrobiology
  • Astrochemistry
  • Astro-geodetic methods, a group of important methods in geodesy, satellite techniques and astrometry
  • Astrometry
  • Astrophysics
  • Astropy

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

Television services

• Astro (television), a Malaysian subscription-based multi-channel satellite TV and radio service
  • Astro MAX, a former personal video recorder service for Astro (Malaysian satellite television)

Vehicles

• Chevrolet Astro, a "mid-size" van
• GMC Astro, a cabover tractor-trailer truck made by GMC from 1968–1988
• 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
• Astro Teller (born 1970), scientist and entrepreneur

See also

• Astra (disambiguation)
• Astros (disambiguation)