The plural of blastoff, referring to multiple instances when a rocket or spacecraft launches and begins its journey into space.
From 'blast' (an explosion or sudden release of energy) combined with 'off' (away), popularized in the 1950s during the space race as a vivid onomatopoetic term for rocket launches.
Blastoff became the iconic term for space launches specifically because it perfectly captures the violent, explosive moment of ignition—NASA actually adopted the public's enthusiastic language rather than using a technical term.
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