# Dragon 2: robot model

Canonical ID: `ea6d313e-6435-40ce-b727-9222e3cf537b`

- **Slug:** spacex-dragon-2
- **Form factor:** space
- **Maturity stage:** production
- **Lifecycle:** active
- **Deployments registered:** 1

## Specs

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

## Deployments

- [dragon-2-iss](/deployments/dragon-2-iss.md) at International Space Station (id: `66d6daa2-1f3c-46f4-9292-3eaf8493be08`)

## Manufacturer-attributed media (1)

_Manufacturer-supplied at the model level; not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker._

- **video**: [SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY96v0OIcK4). _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.


## Supply chain

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this model's suppliers._

_Suppliers appear when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## 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.


## Sources (1)

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

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