Dragon 2 is made by SpaceX, based in Hawthorne, California, USA, founded in 2002.

Where is Dragon 2 deployed?

1 verified deployment of Dragon 2 is on the DEPLOY registry, including at International Space Station.

What is Dragon 2's maturity stage?

Dragon 2 is at the production stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Production stage means high-volume manufacture and commercial-scale deployments are sustained.

Robot model

Dragon 2

Name: Dragon 2
Brand: SpaceX

Capsule (Crew + Cargo Dragon 2) performing fully autonomous rendezvous and docking with the ISS using lidar, cameras and thermal sensors.

Dragon 2 is a space robot built by SpaceX. · Documented in 1 deployment in International Space Station.

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Machine-readable surfaces

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REST API: /v1/models/ea6d313e-6435-40ce-b727-9222e3cf537b
Revision history: /models/spacex-dragon-2/history
Data documentation: /data
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Form factor: space
Maturity stage: production
Lifecycle: active
Deployments: 1
ID: ea6d313e-6435-40ce-b727-9222e3cf537b

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Specs

role: crew/cargo capsule
autonomy: fully autonomous ISS rendezvous + docking

Recent deployments (1)

Dragon 2 at International Space StationInternational Space Station

Manufacturer-attributed media (1)

Manufacturer-supplied media at the model level. Not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker, distinct from the deployment-verified evidence in the section above.

PRIMARY SOURCE

Courtesy of SpaceX

SpaceX's official video of its Crew Dragon (Dragon 2) Demo-2 mission, the first crewed Dragon flight (2020). Dragon 2 docks autonomously with the International Space Station and is operating with a long record of successful flights. This clip is launch-focused; SpaceX publishes docking footage only within full mission webcasts. Autonomy attributed to SpaceX.

Sources (1)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Dragon_2

Common questions

What is Dragon 2?: Capsule (Crew + Cargo Dragon 2) performing fully autonomous rendezvous and docking with the ISS using lidar, cameras and thermal sensors.
Who makes Dragon 2?: Dragon 2 is made by SpaceX, based in Hawthorne, California, USA, founded in 2002.
Where is Dragon 2 deployed?: 1 verified deployment of Dragon 2 is on the DEPLOY registry, including at International Space Station.
What is Dragon 2's maturity stage?: Dragon 2 is at the production stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Production stage means high-volume manufacture and commercial-scale deployments are sustained.

Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-05

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-05

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: production

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: space

Sources by quality tier

1: knowledge-base; Knowledge base

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.