This is reported by the agency "Kyodo" with reference to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

It is noted that JAXA received a signal that the probe had fired a metal bullet to break up gravel into the ground in order to collect soil samples.

It became known earlier that Hayabusa-2 landed on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, which is located at a distance of approximately 340 million km from Earth.