Launch date Operator Name Sample origin Samples returned Recovery date Mission result
June 14, 1969 Soviet Union Luna E-8-5 No.402 The Moon None - Failure
Launch failure
July 13, 1969 Soviet Union Luna 15 The Moon None - Failure
Crash-landed on the Moon
23 September 1969 Soviet Union Cosmos 300 The Moon None - Failure
Failed to leave Earth orbit
22 October 1969 Soviet Union Cosmos 305 The Moon None - Failure
Failed to leave Earth orbit
6 February 1970[6] Soviet Union Luna E-8-5 No.405 The Moon None - Failure
Launch failure
September 12, 1970 Soviet Union Luna 16 The Moon 101 grams (3.6 oz)
of lunar rock
September 24, 1970 Success
September 2, 1971 Soviet Union Luna 18 The Moon None - Failure
Crash-landed on the Moon
February 14, 1972 Soviet Union Luna 20 The Moon 55 grams (1.9 oz)
of lunar rock
February 25, 1972 Success
November 2, 1974 Soviet Union Luna 23 The Moon None - Failure
Drilling device damaged on Moon landing
Mission abandoned
October 16, 1975 Soviet Union Luna E-8-5M No.412 The Moon None - Failure
Launch failure
August 9, 1976 Soviet Union Luna 24 The Moon 170 grams (6.0 oz)
of lunar rock
August 22, 1976 Success
1979 (planned)
(canceled 1977)
Soviet Union Mars 79 ("Mars 5M") Mars - - Canceled in 1977[17]
Planned to return 500 grams (18 oz)
February 7, 1999 United States Stardust 81P/Wild
(Comet coma)
Over 1 million
comet particles
January 15, 2006 Success
August 8, 2001 United States 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 Japan 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 Russia 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)
Japan Hayabusa 2 Planned for
(162173) 1999 JU3
(Asteroid surface)
- 2020 (planned)
2016
(planned)
United States 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)
China Chang'e 5 The Moon - 2017 (planned) Planned to return at least 2 kilograms (4.4 lb)
2020-2022
(proposed)
Not the esa logo.svg 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]
Russia Luna-Grunt The Moon - 2021 (planned) Planned to return up to 1 kilogram (2.2 lb)
Mid-2020s
(proposed)
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United States
MEJI
MSR
Mars - To be determined To be determined
Mid-2020s
(proposed)
Russia Mars-Grunt Mars - To be determined Intended to return about 200 grams (7.1 oz)
By 2030 China Chinese Mars sample return mission Mars - To be determined To be determined
To be determined United States
(private)
OpenLuna The Moon - To be determined Intended to return about 200 kilograms (440 lb)