Up through the atmosphere and through outer space.
The path taken by a rocket is called its trajectory. It describes the flight path of the rocket from launch to its destination.
While a nose cone can either reduce or add drag, it provides a minimal amount of stability to the rocket' flight path. The fins are the most critical component for stabilizing a rocket's flight path; that's where your focus should be.
This is called its orbit. Strictly, the moon and the earth both orbit their common centre of mass. The path of the moon around Earth is elliptical orbit. It takes about 29 days to complete one orbit of earth by moon.
The ORBIT of the Moon.
The orbit of the moon.
The path that the moon follows around the Earth is called an orbit. The planets going around the sun is called revolution. The moon goes around the Earth in a month.
The Moon's orbit around the Earth is an ellipse. The Earth doesn't go around the Moon at all.
That would be an elliptical orbit.
Orbit
It is held in its orbit by the mutual gravitational attraction between the earth and the moon.
A missile is guided and capable of changing its trajectory during flight, while a rocket is unguided and follows a pre-determined path.
That would be it's orbit. The moon orbits the earth in roughly a circular path.