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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name                  = SpX-DM2
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| mission_type          = 
| operator              = [[Organization:NASA|NASA]]
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| spacecraft            = 
| spacecraft_type       = [[Engineering:Dragon 2|Dragon 2]] 
| manufacturer          = [[Company:SpaceX|SpaceX]]
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| launch_date           = June 2019
| launch_rocket         = [[Engineering:Falcon 9 Full Thrust#Block 5|Falcon 9 Block 5]]
| launch_site           = Kennedy [[Astronomy:Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|LC-39A]]

| landing_date          = 
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| crew_size             = 2
| crew_members          = Douglas Hurley<br />[[Biography:Robert L. Behnken|Bob Behnken]]
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| docking               =
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   |docking_target      = [[Astronomy:International Space Station|ISS]]
   |docking_type        = dock
   |docking_port        =
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   |undocking_date      = 
   |time_docked         = 8 days
}}

| apsis                 = gee
| orbit_epoch           =
| orbit_reference       = [[Astronomy:Geocentric orbit|Geocentric]]
| orbit_regime          = [[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|Low Earth]]
| orbit_periapsis       =
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| orbit_inclination     = 51.6 degrees <!-- anticipated due to ISS mission --->

| programme             = [[Astronomy:Commercial Crew Development|Commercial Crew Development]]
| previous_mission      = [[Engineering:SpX-DM1|SpX-DM1]]
| next_mission          = [[Engineering:First operational flight of Dragon 2|Crew-1]]
}}
'''SpX-DM2''' (SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2) is the mission designation of the first crewed test flight of SpaceX's [[Engineering:Dragon 2|Crew Dragon]] spacecraft.<ref name=spnow>{{cite web|url=https://spacexnow.com/upcoming.php|title=Upcoming Missions|website=spacexnow.com}}</ref> It is scheduled for launch in June 2019<ref name="NASAblogcc">{{cite web |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2018/10/04/nasas-commercial-crew-program-target-test-flight-dates-4/ |title=NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Target Test Flight Dates |date=October 4, 2018 |access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> with a crew of two.<ref name=nasa-20180803>{{cite web |title=Meet the Astronauts Flying SpaceX’s Demo-2 |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2018/08/03/meet-the-astronauts-flying-spacexs-demo-2/ |first=Marie |last=Lewis |date=3 August 2018 |access-date=3 August 2018}}</ref> It will be the first manned flight of an American spacecraft into orbit since [[Engineering:STS-135|STS-135]] in July 2011.

==Crew==
[[Biography:Robert L. Behnken|Bob Behnken]] and Douglas Hurley were announced as the crew on 3 August 2018.<ref name=nasa-20180803 />

{{Spaceflight crew
|terminology = Astronaut
|position1 = TBA
|crew1_up = Douglas Hurley
|flights1_up = Third 
|position2 = TBA
|crew2_up = [[Biography:Robert L. Behnken|Bob Behnken]]
|flights2_up = Third
}}

==Back-up crew==
Kjell N. Lindgren will serve as backup for both the test flight and first mission crews for Dragon 2.

==See also==
*[[Astronomy:Commercial Crew Development|Commercial Crew Development]]
*[[Astronomy:CST-100 Starliner|CST-100 Starliner]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Dragon spaceflights}}
{{Falcon rocket launches}}
{{Manned ISS flights}}
{{Future spaceflights}}

[[Category:Dragon (spacecraft)]]
[[Category:SpaceX payloads contracted by NASA]]
[[Category:SpaceX human spaceflights]]
[[Category:Future human spaceflights]]

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