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Photos shared across social media show the nose cone ripped to shreds, revealing the radar equipment that hides behind it.
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Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 11 June 2024
Space dogs in the Soviet program—of which there were dozens—were female, since there was no room in the nose cone of the rocket ships for male dogs to lift their legs up and relieve themselves.
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Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
Inside this facility near the old space shuttle landing strip, engineers will mount Kuiper satellites onto huge orbital deployer mechanisms standing several stories tall, then encapsulate the structure inside the nose cones of their rockets.
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Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 21 July 2023
Its nose cone comes in two dimensions — a standard size of 51 feet in length, and a longer one, 70 feet, for larger payloads.
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Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1949, in the meaning defined above
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“Nose cone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nose%20cone. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
nose cone
noun
: a protective cone forming the forward end of a rocket or missile
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