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

Example Sentences

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Commander Lee Lewis during an Aerobee firing off the coast of Peru.

From Time Magazine Archive

Three charges were fired simultaneously from an Aerobee rocket at the Holloman Air Force Base, N. Mex. on Oct.

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

Within minutes, an Aerobee rocket soared from its launch pad, carrying with it the largest X-ray telescope ever sent into space.

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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