The inflatable test facility, known as a Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, will launch aboard a SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the ISS in 2015.

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But the officials said the activity was very preliminary, with no missile parts seen, and any launch would take a lot more time to prepare.

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