Japan has successfully attacked an asteroid with a shape charged warhead.
[SCI] April 5 at 13:45 JST: Gate 5 was confirmed. The spacecraft state is normal and it was confirmed that the evacuation operation, the separation of the SCI and DCAM3 went as planned. The SCI separation and evacuation sequence were a success.
— HAYABUSA2@JAXA (@haya2e_jaxa) April 5, 2019