Editing Sounding rocket (section)

==Etymology==
The origin of the term comes from nautical vocabulary ''to [[Depth sounding|sound]]'', which is to throw a weighted line from a ship into the water to measure the water's depth. The term itself has its etymological roots in the [[Romance languages]] word for ''probe'', of which there are nouns ''[[wiktionary:sonda|sonda]]'' and ''[[wiktionary:sonde|sonde]]'' and verbs like ''[[wiktionary:sondar|sondar]]'' which means "to do a survey or a poll". ''Sounding'' in the rocket context is equivalent to "taking a measurement".<ref name="what">{{cite web |last=Marconi |first=Elaine M. |date=12 April 2004 |title=What is a Sounding Rocket? |url=http://www.nasa.gov/missions/research/f_sounding.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003171315/https://www.nasa.gov/missions/research/f_sounding.html |archive-date=3 October 2019 |access-date=10 October 2006 |work=Research Aircraft |publisher=NASA}}</ref>