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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The Dragon undocked and landed Aug. 9 off the California coast with Ayers and three other Crew-10 members.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
That Dragon undocked and returned to Earth a few days ago with Crew-10.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 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
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
That Dragon undocked and returned to Earth a few days ago with Crew-10.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 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
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“Undock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undock. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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