Sample-return mission
Robotic missions

Sample-return mission

Section Title: Robotic missions
Table Section Text: None

Launch date	Operator	Name	Sample origin	Samples returned	Recovery date	Mission result

14 June 1969	Soviet Union	Luna E-8-5 No. 402	Moon	—	—	Failure

13 July 1969	Soviet Union Soviet Union	Luna 15	Moon	—	—	Failure

23 September 1969	Soviet Union Soviet Union	Kosmos 300	Moon	—	—	Failure

22 October 1969	Soviet Union Soviet Union	Kosmos 305	Moon	—	—	Failure

6 February 1970	Soviet Union Soviet Union	Luna E-8-5 No. 405	Moon	—	—	Failure

12 September 1970	Soviet Union Soviet Union	Luna 16	Moon	101 grams (3.6 oz)	24 September 1970	Success

2 September 1971	Soviet Union Soviet Union	Luna 18	Moon	—	—	Failure

14 February 1972	Soviet Union Soviet Union	Luna 20	Moon	55 grams (1.9 oz)	25 February 1972	Success

2 November 1974	Soviet Union Soviet Union	Luna 23	Moon	—	—	Failure

16 October 1975	Soviet Union Soviet Union	Luna E-8-5M No. 412	Moon	—	—	Failure

9 August 1976	Soviet Union Soviet Union	Luna 24	Moon	170 grams (6.0 oz)	22 August 1976	Success

7 February 1999	United States United States	Stardust	81P/Wild	Particles	15 January 2006	Success

8 August 2001	United States United States	Genesis	Solar wind	Particles	9 September 2004	Success (partial)

9 May 2003	Japan	Hayabusa	25143 Itokawa	Particles	13 June 2010	Success (partial)

8 November 2011	Russia	Fobos-Grunt	Phobos	—	—	Failure

3 December 2014	Japan Japan	Hayabusa 2	162173 Ryugu	—	December 2020	Ongoing

8 September 2016	United States United States	OSIRIS-REx	101955 Bennu	—	2023	Ongoing

December 2019	China	Chang'e 5	Moon	—	2020	Planned

2020	China	Chang'e 6	Moon	—	2021	Planned

2024	Japan Japan	MMX	Phobos	—	2029	Planned

Sentence(s)

The Sample-return missions failed were Kosmos 300 and Kosmos 305 in 1969, Luna E-8-5 No. 405 in 1970, Luna E-8-5M No. 412 in 1975 at unsuccessful launches and Luna 18 in 1971 and Luna 23 in 1974 at unsuccessful landings on the Moon.

final_sentence: The Sample-return missions failed were Kosmos 300 and Kosmos 305 in 1969, Luna E-8-5 No. 405 in 1970, Luna E-8-5M No. 412 in 1975 at unsuccessful launches and Luna 18 in 1971 and Luna 23 in 1974 at unsuccessful landings on the Moon.