Launch date |
Operator |
Name |
Sample origin |
Samples returned |
Recovery date |
Mission result |
June 14, 1969 |
 |
Luna E-8-5 No.402 |
The Moon |
None |
- |
Failure
Launch failure |
July 13, 1969 |
 |
Luna 15 |
The Moon |
None |
- |
Failure
Crash-landed on the Moon |
23 September 1969 |
 |
Cosmos 300 |
The Moon |
None |
- |
Failure
Failed to leave Earth orbit |
22 October 1969 |
 |
Cosmos 305 |
The Moon |
None |
- |
Failure
Failed to leave Earth orbit |
6 February 1970[6] |
 |
Luna E-8-5 No.405 |
The Moon |
None |
- |
Failure
Launch failure |
September 12, 1970 |
 |
Luna 16 |
The Moon |
101 grams (3.6 oz)
of lunar rock |
September 24, 1970 |
Success |
September 2, 1971 |
 |
Luna 18 |
The Moon |
None |
- |
Failure
Crash-landed on the Moon |
February 14, 1972 |
 |
Luna 20 |
The Moon |
55 grams (1.9 oz)
of lunar rock |
February 25, 1972 |
Success |
November 2, 1974 |
 |
Luna 23 |
The Moon |
None |
- |
Failure
Drilling device damaged on Moon landing
Mission abandoned |
October 16, 1975 |
 |
Luna E-8-5M No.412 |
The Moon |
None |
- |
Failure
Launch failure |
August 9, 1976 |
 |
Luna 24 |
The Moon |
170 grams (6.0 oz)
of lunar rock |
August 22, 1976 |
Success |
1979 (planned)
(canceled 1977) |
 |
Mars 79 ("Mars 5M") |
Mars |
- |
- |
Canceled in 1977[17]
Planned to return 500 grams (18 oz) |
February 7, 1999 |
 |
Stardust |
81P/Wild
(Comet coma) |
Over 1 million
comet particles |
January 15, 2006 |
Success |
August 8, 2001 |
 |
Genesis |
Solar wind |
Solar wind particles |
September 8, 2004 |
Partial success
Return capsule damaged after failed parachute deployment
Some usable samples recovered |
May 9, 2003 |
 |
Hayabusa |
25143 Itokawa
(Asteroid surface) |
1,500 grains
of asteroid particles |
June 13, 2010 |
Partial success
Planned to return several hundred milligrams |
November 8, 2011 |
 |
Fobos-Grunt |
Phobos
(Mars satellite soil) |
None |
- |
Failure
Failed to leave Earth orbit
Crashed into the southern Pacific Ocean
Returned none of the 200 grams (7.1 oz) planned |
July 2014
(planned, earliest) |
 |
Hayabusa 2 |
Planned for
(162173) 1999 JU3
(Asteroid surface) |
- |
2020 (planned) |
|
2016
(planned) |
 |
OSIRIS-REx |
Planned for
101955 Bennu
(Asteroid regolith) |
- |
2023 (planned) |
Planned to return between 60 g to 2 kg (2.1 oz to 4.4 lb) |
2017
(planned) |
 |
Chang'e 5 |
The Moon |
- |
2017 (planned) |
Planned to return at least 2 kilograms (4.4 lb) |
2020-2022
(proposed) |
 |
MarcoPolo-R |
Near-Earth object
(Asteroid surface) |
- |
To be determined |
To return samples from a yet to be determined near-Earth object |
2020/2021
(planned)[18] |
 |
Luna-Grunt |
The Moon |
- |
2021 (planned) |
Planned to return up to 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) |
Mid-2020s
(proposed) |

 |
MEJI
MSR |
Mars |
- |
To be determined |
To be determined |
Mid-2020s
(proposed) |
 |
Mars-Grunt |
Mars |
- |
To be determined |
Intended to return about 200 grams (7.1 oz) |
By 2030 |
 |
Chinese Mars sample return mission |
Mars |
- |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |

(private) |
OpenLuna |
The Moon |
- |
To be determined |
Intended to return about 200 kilograms (440 lb) |