undocked; undocking; undocks
: to move away from a dock (as at sailing time)
: uncouple
undock the shuttle from the space station
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Four astronauts splashed down off the coast of San Diego after undocking from the International Space Station (ISS) aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule on Saturday morning.
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Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
After 44 hours, 2 minutes and 51 seconds, the Apollo command module undocked from the Soyuz, and, as planned, created an artificial solar eclipse for the cosmonauts to photograph.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 17 July 2025
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams undocked early Tuesday from the space-facing port of the ISS Harmony module in the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, NASA confirmed.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 18 Mar. 2025
Wilmore and Williams splashed down Tuesday evening after undocking from the International Space Station early that morning.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
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Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
After 44 hours, 2 minutes and 51 seconds, the Apollo command module undocked from the Soyuz, and, as planned, created an artificial solar eclipse for the cosmonauts to photograph.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 17 July 2025
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams undocked early Tuesday from the space-facing port of the ISS Harmony module in the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, NASA confirmed.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 18 Mar. 2025
Wilmore and Williams splashed down Tuesday evening after undocking from the International Space Station early that morning.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Undock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undock. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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