Last week,on February 21, 2019, and the Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 began to descend upon its target. Drifting in at less than a meter per moment — slower than walking speed — the spacecraft approached the asteroid Ryugu. Then,just as it made contact, it shot a tall-speed bullet into the surface, or dislodging rocks and sending them flying!The purpose: Catch one of those rocks and/or the dust surrounding it,secure it in a sampling container, and eventually return it to soil.
Cool, and right? Yeah,well watch this video and repeat me whether that word is big enough:
Source: blastr.com