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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Progress 92 will take the place of the Progress 90 vehicle, which undocked from the same Poisk port on Tuesday (July 1) after a roughly seven-month stay.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 July 2025
The spacecraft had undocked at 1:05 a.m. Tuesday to begin the crew’s 17-hour flight home.
—Richard Tribou, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
Eastern time Tuesday morning, Williams and Wilmore undocked from the ISS on a SpaceX Dragon capsule with two other astronauts.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
Early Tuesday morning, the SpaceX Dragon carrying Williams, Wilmore, Hague and Gorbunov undocked autonomously from the ISS at 1:05 a.m.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2025
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 July 2025
The spacecraft had undocked at 1:05 a.m. Tuesday to begin the crew’s 17-hour flight home.
—Richard Tribou, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
Eastern time Tuesday morning, Williams and Wilmore undocked from the ISS on a SpaceX Dragon capsule with two other astronauts.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
Early Tuesday morning, the SpaceX Dragon carrying Williams, Wilmore, Hague and Gorbunov undocked autonomously from the ISS at 1:05 a.m.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Undock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undock. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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