Sample return

6 entries

OSIRIS-REx

2016Sample return

Collected samples from asteroid Bennu. Returned 121.6 grams of material to Earth in September 2023. ...

Hayabusa2

2014Sample return

Collected samples from asteroid Ryugu. Returned 5.4 grams of material to Earth in 2020. Fired a copp...

Stardust

1999Sample return

Collected dust from comet Wild 2 in 2004 using a lightweight aerogel. Returned the samples to Earth ...

Hayabusa

2003Sample return

The first mission to return samples from an asteroid. Launched by Japan in 2003. Touched down on ast...

Chang-e 5

2020Sample return

Returned the first lunar samples since 1976. Landed in Oceanus Procellarum in December 2020. Drilled...

Chang-e 6

2024Sample return

The first mission to return samples from the far side of the Moon. Landed in the South Pole-Aitken b...