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==Mission==
The spacecraft will test the approach and automated docking procedures with the [[International Space Station]] (ISS), remain docked for a few weeks, then conduct the full [[atmospheric reentry|re-entry]], [[splashdown]] and recovery steps to provide data requisite to subsequently qualify for flights transporting humans to the ISS. Life support systems will be monitored all along the test flight. The same capsule will be re-used later for an [[Dragon 2#In-flight abort test|in-flight abort test]].<ref name="shotwell-crewdragon">
{{cite news |last=Foust|first=Jeff |url=http://spacenews.com/spacex-seeks-to-accelerate-falcon-9-production-and-launch-rates-this-year/ |title=SpaceX seeks to accelerate Falcon 9 production and launch rates this year |work=[[SpaceNews (publication)|SpaceNews]] |date=February 4, 2016 |accessdate=March 21, 2016 |quote= Shotwell said the company is planning an in-flight abort test of the Crew Dragon spacecraft before the end of this year, where the vehicle uses its thrusters to separate from a Falcon 9 rocket during ascent. That will be followed in 2017 by two demonstration flights to the International Space Station, the first without a crew and the second with astronauts on board, and then the first operational mission.}}</ref>
It will be launched on a [[SpaceX]] [[Falcon 9 Full Thrust#Block 5|Falcon 9]] rocket contracted by [[NASA]]'s [[CCDev2|commercial crew program]]. Initial plans hoped to see CCDev2 flights as early as 2015,<ref>https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/space-exploration-technologies/falcon-9-with-crew-dragon-vertical-at-launch-complex-39a/</ref> and eventually DM1 was eventually slated for no earlier than December 2016, and then delayed several times throughout 2017 and into 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/first-spacex-commercial-crew-flight-test-could-slip-to-2019/|title=First SpaceX commercial crew test flight could slip to 2019|date=2018-10-03|website=SpaceNews.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/spacex-delays-commercial-crew-test-flights-to-latter-half-of-2018/|title=SpaceX delays commercial crew test flights to latter half of 2018|date=2018-01-11|website=SpaceNews.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/report-warns-of-additional-commercial-crew-delays/|title=Report warns of additional commercial crew delays|date=2016-09-06|website=SpaceNews.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-08}}</ref> The first exact date was published by NASA in November 2018 to be January 17, 2019,<ref>https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-spacex-demo-1-launch</ref> but this got delayed to "no earlier than February".<ref name=":0">{{cite web | url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2019/01/10/spacex-demo-1-launch-update/ | title=SpaceX Demo-1 Launch Update | work=NASA Commercial Crew Program Blog | date=January 10, 2019 | accessdate=11 January 2019 }}</ref> The static fire took place on 24 January 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/01/spacex-falcon-9-static-fire-crew-dragon-debut/|title=SpaceX conducts static fire test on Falcon 9 ahead of Crew Dragon debut – NASASpaceFlight.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>
== See also ==
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