nose cone

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Nearby Tundergarth Church, which overlooks the field where the nose cone was found, is also a site of remembrance.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2025

Both groups use instruments hitched to the nose cone to ensure that only the freshest, most undisturbed air is sampled.

From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2023

Later, the tip of the solid rocket boosters — the forward assembly, including the nose cone and forward skirt — will be installed atop the solid rocket motors.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2023

That projectile, its nose cone wheeled to the launchpad by a bicycle, put a small payload 124 miles above the Earth.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2023

Its casement was bent and its nose cone turned to sawdust.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam