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: a member or structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline and to reduce drag (as on an airplane)
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William J. Broad, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
Because this mission launched on China's most powerful rocket, with the longer payload fairing added on, the Yaogan-41 spacecraft is presumably quite big.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2023
Two streamlined fairings sprout up behind the seats to improve the airflow over the vehicle.
—Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2023
About 60 of the 570-pound satellites will be packed into the fairing of a Falcon 9 rocket, and if successful, bring the number of satellites in orbit to about 750.
—Caroline Glenn, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2020
To be fair, some of that enormous development price tag for space telescopes is because, at the moment, a big telescope has to fit in a smaller fairing.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2023
For example, if NASA’s JWST space telescope had been launched within Starship’s 8-meter-wide fairing, its 6.5-meter mirror would not have needed folding.
—Byadam Mann, science.org, 20 Apr. 2023
The bike is being offered complete with its original fairing splattered with the thousands of bugs the competition is known for, collected as Hickman took the Senior TT—a grueling 228-mile race around the legendary 37.73-mile road circuit.
—Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2023
SpaceX, for instance, uses drone ships for the first-stage boosters as well as ships to capture the rocket fairings, a fleet of six ships as of 2023.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
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The tests included identifying hardware on electronics vans, fairings on fighter jets and missile tubes on warships.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
Because this mission launched on China's most powerful rocket, with the longer payload fairing added on, the Yaogan-41 spacecraft is presumably quite big.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2023
Two streamlined fairings sprout up behind the seats to improve the airflow over the vehicle.
—Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2023
About 60 of the 570-pound satellites will be packed into the fairing of a Falcon 9 rocket, and if successful, bring the number of satellites in orbit to about 750.
—Caroline Glenn, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2020
To be fair, some of that enormous development price tag for space telescopes is because, at the moment, a big telescope has to fit in a smaller fairing.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2023
For example, if NASA’s JWST space telescope had been launched within Starship’s 8-meter-wide fairing, its 6.5-meter mirror would not have needed folding.
—Byadam Mann, science.org, 20 Apr. 2023
The bike is being offered complete with its original fairing splattered with the thousands of bugs the competition is known for, collected as Hickman took the Senior TT—a grueling 228-mile race around the legendary 37.73-mile road circuit.
—Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2023
SpaceX, for instance, uses drone ships for the first-stage boosters as well as ships to capture the rocket fairings, a fleet of six ships as of 2023.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
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“Fairing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fairing. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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