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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

0 20 41 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 18 Oct 18:17 UTC · Japan prepares to launch sample-return mission to Martian moon Phobos 20 Oct 00:15 UTC · Japan launches MMX mission to collect samples from Mars moon Phobos 20 Oct 06:13 UTC · Japan launches MMX mission to collect samples from Mars moon Phobos 21 Oct 06:16 UTC · Japan launches MMX mission to collect samples from Mars moon Phobos

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 2 HEADLINES

  1. 18 Oct, 18:17 UTC

    Japan prepares to launch sample-return mission to Martian moon Phobos

  2. 20 Oct, 00:15 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

  • Solar System · from 19 Oct 20:36, 2 outlets