It just happened today -- the Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 slowly approached the surface of asteroid Ryugu, touched down gently, then rudely attacked the unsuspecting space object by firing a bullet at it. The purpose of this assault was to free a few grains of Ryugu to get captured in the satellite's collector, to be brought back to Earth for analysis. Apparently it worked, and they've still got two more shots in the chamber in case they want to try again.
This is not difficult to find searching for news.
While I was poking around their Web site, I found this great 3D anaglyph of Ryugu, which really "pops" when you put on your red-blue 3D glasses. It's almost like riding Hayabusa2 down to the surface. Put on your specs and then click below.
Ryugu in a 3D view
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