The module will likely be launched by one of the agency's commercial cargo suppliers, California-based SpaceX or Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corp.

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Today it's not uncommon for suppliers to build large chunks of an automobile--a complete dashboard or a front-end module, say--at their own factories, then ship them to the auto plant for final assembly.

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