Touchdown! Photos show 2nd asteroid landing by Japan's Hayabusa2(1/3)

This photo released by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on July 11, 2019 shows Hayabusa2 probe landing onto the asteroid Ryugu. Japan's Hayabusa2 probe landed successfully on July 11 on a distant asteroid for a final touchdown, hoping to collect samples that could shed light on the evolution of the solar system. (Photo/Agencies)

This photo released by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on July 11, 2019 shows four seconds after the Hayabusa2 probe landed onto the asteroid Ryugu. Japan's Hayabusa2 probe landed successfully on July 11 on a distant asteroid for a final touchdown, hoping to collect samples that could shed light on the evolution of the solar system.(Photo/Agencies)

JAXA Research Director Takashi Kubota speaks to journalists during a press conference following the Hayabusa2 probe's touchdown on the asteroid Ryugu, at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in Sagamihara city, Kanagawa prefecture on July 11, 2019. Japan's Hayabusa2 probe touched down on a distant asteroid on July 11, the country's space agency said, on a mission to collect samples that could shed light on the history of the solar system.(Photo/Agencies)