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ARCHIVED · 3 LEFT · 2 CENTER · 1 RIGHT · Aug 6, 12:56 AM

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Scientists are certain a wayward Space X rocket slammed into the moon as predicted

The Epoch Times reaches for "crashes" where The New Republic stays flat.

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What happenedA SpaceX rocket that launched a pair of lunar landers slammed into the moon as predicted on Wednesday after drifting off course for the past year, scientists reported.
What changedThe left frames it as "Trump’s NASA Official Not Too Worried as SpaceX Rocket Dents the Moon". The right frames it as "SpaceX Rocket Crashes Into the Moon".
ConfidenceHigh. 6+ sources across left, center, and right with comparable news formats.
Archive healthStable · 6 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format

WORDING GAP

83WORDING GAP

6 sources · 3 bias buckets · High confidence

Different Spin. The left frames it as "Trump’s NASA Official Not Too Worried as SpaceX Rocket Dents the Moon". The right frames it as "SpaceX Rocket Crashes Into the Moon".

SOURCE MAP TIMELINE

Aug 5, 9:41 PM: The New Republic joined the source map.

Aug 5, 9:45 PM: The Epoch Times joined the source map.

Aug 5, 10:05 PM: KABC / ABC7 Los Angeles joined the source map.

Aug 5, 10:10 PM: SBS News (Australia) joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 83/99 and story health is stable · 6 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.

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Center ·News report

Scientists are certain a wayward Space X rocket slammed into the moon as predicted

A SpaceX rocket that launched a pair of lunar landers slammed into the moon as predicted on Wednesday after drifting off course for the past year, scientists reported.

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Center-left ·News report

What scientists are learning after Space X debris crashed into the moon

A four-ton upper stage of a SpaceX rocket is believed to have hit the moon at 5,400 mph. The SpaceX rocket launched a pair of lunar landers last year, but the company's scientists say a com...

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Center-left ·News report

Space X rocket booster slams into moon, creating crater that could be 16 feet deep

The impact wasn't visible to the naked eye, but photos are expected to come from a lunar satellite at a later time.

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Center ·News report

School-bus-sized Space X rocket chunk crashes into Moon

Experts are concerned by an increase in lunar litter as the United States and China race to return humans to the Moon.

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Right ·News report

Space X Rocket Crashes Into the Moon

crashes

The second stage engine drifted in space for more than a year.

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Left ·News report

Trump’s NASA Official Not Too Worried as Space X Rocket Dents the Moon

One of Elon Musk’s wayward rockets seems to have crashed into the moon, but the Trump administration isn’t worried about it. Part of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the moon Wednesday morning,...

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