nose cone
Missile's pointed front
The nose cone is the pointed front section of a rocket, missile, or aircraft, shaped to reduce aerodynamic drag and protect the payload during flight.
On spacecraft, the nose cone often houses instruments or separates to release satellites.
The tapered shape allows smooth passage through air at high speeds: The nose cone withstood extreme heat during reentry.
Remove unnecessary elements
- dragResistance through fluid
- airflowMovement of atmosphere
- laminarArranged in thin layers
- boundary layerViscous region near walls
turbulence · wind tunnel · fluid dynamics · pressure · slipstream · velocity · lift · Mach
Enclosed dose container
- reentryComing back in
- heatshieldProtective layer against friction
- ApolloSun deity, moonshot namesake
- SoyuzRussian crewed spacecraft
Gemini · Mercury · shuttle · orbiter · ablative · thermal protection · splashdown · crew module
Aerodynamic exterior panel
- payloadCarried freight or charge
- launch vehicleRocket carrying spacecraft upward
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- interstageBetween successive stages
jettison · Saturn V · Falcon · Atlas · Delta · Ariane · solid rocket · liquid fuel
Munition's explosive section
- ballisticOf hurled objects
- intercontinentalSpanning multiple continents
- cruiseLeisurely ocean voyage
- guidedLed with assistance
tactical · Trident · reentry vehicle · targeting · fusing · arming · penetrator · stealth
streamline
Remove unnecessary elements
boundary layer · turbulence · wind tunnel · fluid dynamics · pressure · slipstream · velocity · lift · Mach · supersonic
capsule
Enclosed dose container
- reentryComing back in
- heatshieldProtective layer against friction
- ApolloSun deity, moonshot namesake
Soyuz · Gemini · Mercury · shuttle · orbiter · ablative · thermal protection · splashdown · crew module · command module
fairing
Aerodynamic exterior panel
- payloadCarried freight or charge
- launch vehicleRocket carrying spacecraft upward
- boosterSomething that increases strength
interstage · jettison · Saturn V · Falcon · Atlas · Delta · Ariane · solid rocket · liquid fuel · thrust
warhead
Munition's explosive section
- ballisticOf hurled objects
- intercontinentalSpanning multiple continents
- cruiseLeisurely ocean voyage
guided · tactical · Trident · reentry vehicle · targeting · fusing · arming · penetrator · stealth · radar cross-section
- airframefuselage, bulkheads, spars, ribs, stringers
- heat shieldstiles, ceramic tiles, thermal blankets, thermal blanket, leading edge
- Hypersonicshypersonic flight, scramjet, Mach 5, hypersonic missile, thermal protection
- model airplanespropeller, fuselage, wings, balsa wood, cockpit
- rocket partssolid rocket booster, fuel tanks, booster, nozzles, thruster
- aerospaceairplane, helicopter, rocket, rockets, spacecraft
nose conetail section
nose conetail fins
Rear automotive styling elements
stabilizers · rudder · vertical stabilizer · control surfaces · ailerons
nose, cone, nostril, conical, conic, rhinoplasty, cone-shaped, nasalized