What is "astros"

Astros in sports may refer to:

• The Houston Astros, a Major League Baseball team
• Astros (gridiron team), an American football team in Australia
• Astros Field, now renamed Minute Maid Park

Astros may also refer to:

• Astros (album), by Colombian singer-songwriter Anasol
• Astros, Greece, a municipality in Arcadia, Greece
• The Astros II MLRS rocket launcher
• a candy brand Astros (chocolate)
• ASTROS, Automated STRuctural Optimization System

Astros were first launched in 1997 by Cadbury in the United Kingdom, Canada, US and South Africa as a rival to Nestlé Smarties, and M&M's in the US. The confectionery can be described as a candy coated chocolate with a biscuit centre. They have since been discontinued in the UK, but are still sold in South Africa. In Australia they were marketed as Lunas.

The Astros are a gridiron football club established in 1995, previously competing in the NSW Gridiron Football League until joining ACT Gridiron in 2001.

While participating in the NSWGFL, the Astros came away with one championship in 1996. The Astros have won the Capital Bowl a total of four times: 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.

In the past they have also run a Junior team which began in 2003 as the Erindale Titans, and the Junior Astros. For the 2010 season the Junior Astros merged with the UC Firebirds Juniors as the Rockets.

Astros is the second studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Anasol, released on June 21, 2002 by Sony Music Colombia. The record has sold over 100,000 copies in Colombia.