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 Starliner is scheduled to undock from the space station at 5:04 p.m. CDT, on Friday to return to Earth, weather permitting at the deadline for this story.
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Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 6 Sep. 2024
In any case, after a weeklong handover to bring their Crew 10 replacements up to speed on the ins and outs of space station operation, Hague, Gorbunov, Wilmore and Williams would undock and head back to Earth.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025
Starliner will undock from the orbiting laboratory around 6 p.m. ET and will spend about six hours maneuvering its way home before landing in New Mexico’s White Sands Space Harbor.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 1 Sep. 2024
The Boeing Starliner undocked in September without the astronauts and landed in the New Mexico desert.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
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Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 6 Sep. 2024
In any case, after a weeklong handover to bring their Crew 10 replacements up to speed on the ins and outs of space station operation, Hague, Gorbunov, Wilmore and Williams would undock and head back to Earth.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025
Starliner will undock from the orbiting laboratory around 6 p.m. ET and will spend about six hours maneuvering its way home before landing in New Mexico’s White Sands Space Harbor.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 1 Sep. 2024
The Boeing Starliner undocked in September without the astronauts and landed in the New Mexico desert.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Undock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undock. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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