Aerobee

American

[air-uh-bee] / ˈɛər əˌbi /

noun

a U.S. two-stage, liquid-propellant sounding rocket developed in the 1940s that carried scientific instruments and occasionally biological specimens into the upper stratosphere.

Etymology

Origin of Aerobee

Aero ( jet Engineering Corporation ) developer of the rocket + (Bumble)bee cover name for the Navy project to produce such rockets

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At 1145 a.m. a slender Aerobee rocket rose from a launching tower, the bright flame of its exhaust dwindling to a spark and disappearing among the crowding stars.

From Time Magazine Archive

Latest notion for a moon vehicle is the Aerobee M, which Aerojet-General Corp. has just thought up, using available hardware.

From Time Magazine Archive

During the shower, the Air Force will launch an Aerobee rocket equipped with a "Venus Flytrap" nose cone.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Geiger counters had been carried aloft in the nose of an Aerobee rocket, and when their records were recovered, scientists could hardly believe the data.

From Time Magazine Archive

Actually, we used a modified Aerobee, a rocket of proven dependability.

From The Scarlet Lake Mystery by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

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