nose cone

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That will help workers install the tips of the rockets, known as the forward assembly, which includes the nose cone and forward skirt.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023

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

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

Photos from the wharf show what appear to be several pieces of the submersible being lifted from the ship, including the nose cone with its distinctive circular window.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023

Six feet off the slack, it made a poot sound and then fell back in a cloud of gray smoke and landed heavily, breaking off its nose cone.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam