Artemis program has plans for using Orion spacecraft to ferry the astronauts to the Lunar orbit, and then use Starship HLS to make the landing. This will require an ability for Starship to dock to other spacecrafts. As of March 2024, Artemis 3 flight is planned for September 2026. Starship docking should be tested before that.
There are also speculations of other possible missions that would involve docking Starship to other spacecrafts, like Crew Dragon.
This question will be resolved positively when we first see Starship docked to a non-Starship spacecraft, while in space. Docking should involve the docking adaptor, connecting to another spacecraft by e.g. holding it with a robotic arm doesn't count. However it will still count if two spacecrafts are docked, but the hatch between their interiors is not open.
Related questions:
When will Starship complete an orbit?
When will Starship first launch or land on Earth with human passengers?
When will Starship first attempt propellant transfer from one ship to another in orbit?
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3.00@OlegEterevsky Yeah that makes sense actually :)
Fwiw I don't expect Artemis 3 to happen until 2028 (see also every moon landing market), but we might see a docking before that, either autonomous or maybe the second Polaris mission or something like that.
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