Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft has touched down on Ryugu for a second time, bagging samples which hopefully contain material from the subsurface of the asteroid.

A live webcast from JAXA's mission control room in Sagamihara showed operations in action and scenes of applause following the spacecraft’s successful, accurate setting down in area C01-Cb, close to an artificial crater generated by the SCI impact in April.

Hayabusa2 touched down at 01:07 UTC with the signal confirming the good news reaching Earth at 01:20 UTC.