| "Launch date","Operator","Name","Sample origin","Samples returned","Recovery date","Mission result" |
| "June 14, 1969","","Luna E-8-5 No.402","The Moon","None","-", |
| Launch failure |
| "July 13, 1969","","Luna 15","The Moon","None","-", |
| Crash-landed on the Moon |
| "23 September 1969","","Cosmos 300","The Moon","None","-", |
| Failed to leave Earth orbit |
| "22 October 1969","","Cosmos 305","The Moon","None","-", |
| Failed to leave Earth orbit |
| "6 February 1970","","Luna E-8-5 No.405","The Moon","None","-", |
| Launch failure |
| "September 12, 1970","","Luna 16","The Moon", |
| of lunar rock","September 24, 1970","Success |
| "September 2, 1971","","Luna 18","The Moon","None","-", |
| Crash-landed on the Moon |
| "February 14, 1972","","Luna 20","The Moon", |
| of lunar rock","February 25, 1972","Success |
| "November 2, 1974","","Luna 23","The Moon","None","-", |
| Drilling device damaged on Moon landing |
| Mission abandoned |
| "October 16, 1975","","Luna E-8-5M No.412","The Moon","None","-", |
| Launch failure |
| "August 9, 1976","","Luna 24","The Moon", |
| of lunar rock","August 22, 1976","Success |
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| (canceled 1977)","","Mars 79 (\"Mars 5M\")","Mars","-","-", |
| Planned to return 500 grams (18 oz) |
| "February 7, 1999","","Stardust", |
| (Comet coma)","Over 1 million |
| comet particles","January 15, 2006","Success |
| "August 8, 2001","","Genesis","Solar wind","Solar wind particles","September 8, 2004", |
| Return capsule damaged after failed parachute deployment |
| Some usable samples recovered |
| "May 9, 2003","","Hayabusa", |
| (Asteroid surface)","1,500 grains |
| of asteroid particles","June 13, 2010","Partial success |
| Planned to return several hundred milligrams |
| "November 8, 2011","","Fobos-Grunt", |
| (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 |
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| (planned, earliest)","","Hayabusa 2","Planned for |
| (162173) 1999 JU3 |
| (Asteroid surface)","-","2020 (planned)"," |
| |
| (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) |
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| (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)","","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)" |
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