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NASA has announced that it is planning to launch the first crewed mission using SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft at 4:32 p.m. EDT on May 27, 2020. The Crew Dragon will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard. According to NASA, the Demo-2 mission is intended to validate SpaceX’s crew transportation system including the launch pad, rocket, spacecraft and operational capabilities as well as allowing NASA astronauts to test the Crew Dragon’s systems in orbit for the first time.