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Japan launches MMX mission to collect samples from Mars moon Phobos

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 1 HEADLINE

20 Oct, 06:18 UTC
Japan launches MMX mission to collect samples from Mars moon Phobos

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

10 grams material · from 19 Oct 18:45, 3 outlets
Mari Aida · from 20 Oct 02:27, 2 outlets
Nicky Fox · from 20 Oct 02:27, 2 outlets

WHO PICKED IT UP 37 OUTLETS

European Space Agency16 Oct, 00:07
NewsNation16 Oct, 00:07
Phys.org16 Oct, 00:07
The Lufkin Daily News16 Oct, 00:07
USA Today16 Oct, 00:07
LTE - Observatoire de Paris16 Oct, 06:07
NASA Science (.gov)16 Oct, 06:07
The Conversation16 Oct, 22:17
Dawn18 Oct, 06:08
South China Morning Post18 Oct, 12:08
cedarnews.net18 Oct, 12:08
shafaqna.com18 Oct, 12:08
independent.co.uk19 Oct, 00:06
4029tv.com19 Oct, 18:08
Wired19 Oct, 19:33
arabnews.com20 Oct, 00:09
indiatimes.com20 Oct, 00:09
nikkei.com20 Oct, 00:09
perthnow.com.au20 Oct, 00:09
wokv.com20 Oct, 00:09
BBC World20 Oct, 06:06
RTÉ News20 Oct, 06:06
chicagotribune.com20 Oct, 06:06
livemint.com20 Oct, 06:06
wpsdlocal6.com20 Oct, 06:06
ynetnews.com20 Oct, 06:06
Deutsche Welle20 Oct, 12:07
channelnewsasia.com20 Oct, 12:07
khaama.com20 Oct, 12:07
newvision.co.ug20 Oct, 12:07
straitstimes.com20 Oct, 12:07
krcgtv.com20 Oct, 18:07
wsvn.com20 Oct, 18:07
norfolkdailynews.com21 Oct, 00:08
macaudailytimes.com.mo21 Oct, 06:07
nypost.com21 Oct, 18:11
scientificamerican.com23 Oct, 18:10