nose cone

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Anne and Ross were both stationed at Tundergarth, in the field where the plane's nose cone lay.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

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

The iron tip was shaped like the nose cone of a rocket.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan