Japan's Hayabusa-2 spacecraft fires 2nd bullet into asteroid Ryugu before swooping down to successfully collect the debris. Obtaining a 2nd sample means the mission has accomplished all its major goals (despite Ryugu being more jagged and rocky than anticipated) and can now head back to Earth.

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