The phrase "astronauts off from" is not correct and does not make sense in written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression and lacks clarity in its intended meaning.
Example: "The astronauts took off from the launch pad."
Alternatives: "astronauts launched from" or "astronauts departed from".
Three astronauts took off from a launching pad in the Gobi desert and will spend two weeks orbiting the Earth.
Tears welled up in Alexey Melnikov's eyes as a rocket carrying three astronauts lifted off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome several hours before dawn.
Speaking separately, her colleague, Mr. Nie, said that it was all part of the "Chinese Dream," which the president, Xi Jinping, mentioned 10 days earlier when the astronauts blasted off from earth.
For now, every American astronaut blasts off from this town, the stand-in for Cape Canaveral during a gap in funding for manned missions in the United States.
On April 24th, Samantha Cristoforetti, Italy's first female astronaut, took time off from her regular duties in the International Space Station to read from the Divine Comedy.
On April 24th, Samantha Cristoforetti, Italy's first female astronaut, took time off from her regular duties in the International Space Station to read from the_ _Divine Comedy.
On March 27th, an American astronaut named Scott Kelly blasted off from Earth and, six hours later, clambered onto the International Space Station.
Phobos has such weak gravity that it would be relatively easy for astronauts to land and take off from the surface.
ON THE SCREEN The opening seconds mix images of military might (warships and fighter planes) with space exploration (a rocket about to blast off from Cape Canaveral, astronauts walking on the moon).
Meanwhile, with the cyber espionage issue so suddenly sidelined in the court of world opinion, a crew of three Chinese astronauts lifted off early this week from China's Gobi Desert spaceport for a 15-day mission to China's Tiangong 1 space station.
