![Defence Australia on Twitter: "#DYK? @AusAirForce Motto 'Per Ardua Ad Astra' meaning 'Through Struggle to the Stars' was derived from Sir Henry Rider Haggard's famous novel 'The People of the Mist'. In Defence Australia on Twitter: "#DYK? @AusAirForce Motto 'Per Ardua Ad Astra' meaning 'Through Struggle to the Stars' was derived from Sir Henry Rider Haggard's famous novel 'The People of the Mist'. In](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dsz1NYRWoAM86Ra.jpg:large)
Defence Australia on Twitter: "#DYK? @AusAirForce Motto 'Per Ardua Ad Astra' meaning 'Through Struggle to the Stars' was derived from Sir Henry Rider Haggard's famous novel 'The People of the Mist'. In
![Brick reads 'per ardua ad astra “through adversity to the stars” or... | Download Scientific Diagram Brick reads 'per ardua ad astra “through adversity to the stars” or... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266566279/figure/fig3/AS:202881484496898@1425382123399/Brick-reads-per-ardua-ad-astra-through-adversity-to-the-stars-or-through-struggle-to.png)
Brick reads 'per ardua ad astra “through adversity to the stars” or... | Download Scientific Diagram
File:Draagspeldje luchtmacht “PER ARDUA AD ASTRA” met schijf lichtblauw en donkerblauwe band, gouden letters, in het midden vogel met gespreide vleugels en op geheel een kroon, objectnr 42457-A-B.JPG - Wikimedia Commons
![ROYAL AIR FORCE below gilt & blue crest & motto PER ARDUA AD ASTRA, with or w/o printed "ribbon" - TuckDB Ephemera ROYAL AIR FORCE below gilt & blue crest & motto PER ARDUA AD ASTRA, with or w/o printed "ribbon" - TuckDB Ephemera](https://images.tuckdb.org/ephemera/images/000/023/192/extra_large/t.jpg)
ROYAL AIR FORCE below gilt & blue crest & motto PER ARDUA AD ASTRA, with or w/o printed "ribbon" - TuckDB Ephemera
![Ron Eisele on Twitter: "Royal Flying Corps Christmas card 1916. Features the RFC cap badge and motto 'Per ardua ad astra', meaning 'Through adversity to the stars.' https://t.co/yAwxcMWRN1" / Twitter Ron Eisele on Twitter: "Royal Flying Corps Christmas card 1916. Features the RFC cap badge and motto 'Per ardua ad astra', meaning 'Through adversity to the stars.' https://t.co/yAwxcMWRN1" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EqCHMPWW4AAzIsm.jpg)