Aerobee

American  

[air-uh-bee] / ˈɛər əˌbi /

noun

1. 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.

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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

From takeoff on through its 118-mile-high flight last October, the Aerobee rocket performed perfectly.

From Time Magazine Archive

According to Aviation Week, the Aerobee M solves the propulsion problem with five stages of solid-fuel rockets, starting with a cluster of four Aerojet Seniors, which were developed for the Navy's Polaris missile.

From Time Magazine Archive

So, said Dr. Van Allen, the U.S. has developed a smaller, simpler and cheaper missile, the Aerobee, which is good enough for carrying instruments above the atmosphere.

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

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

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