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

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

Reviewing one of the basic pieces of no-gravity research, Major Simons analyzes the 1952 test flight of two mice in the test of an Aerobee rocket.

From Time Magazine Archive

To test their conclusions on the atmospheric scale, they loaded steel cylinders containing 20 Ibs. of nitric oxide into the Aerobee, which triggered Holloman's celestial show at the 60-mile level.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Washington last week, Navy scientists reported that a high-flying Aerobee rocket had detected strong X-ray sources associated with distant galaxies.

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)