The Japanese Hayabusa-2 spacecraft has detonated an explosive charge on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu.
The successful landing follows on from the deployment of two small rovers back in September of last year.
The Japanese space agency is hoping to blast a hole in an asteroid to find out what it's made of.
Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft will by the country's second attempt at an asteroid sample return mission.
The Japanese space agency has announced a follow-up to their successful Hayabusa spacecraft.
Japan's Hayabusa space probe has picked up particles that could contain alien life.
A successor to Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft could launch as early as 2014 to explore the origins of life.
Japan's unmanned Hayabusa spacecraft is on its way back to Earth carrying samples of the asteroid Itokawa.