Method of capturing samples of a container moving in planetary floor space

The present invention relates to a method of capturing a planetary soil sample container moving in space by a probe also moving in space. This method is easy to implement, using simple and inexpensive means. It is characterized in that when the probe is on the orbit of the container, at a distance of a few meters from this and that the receiving face (9) of the probe is directed towards the container, is generated at the edge of the a first probe controlled magnetic field to reduce the angular velocities of the container and move in a preferred direction for capture, and when these speeds have become negligible and it is positioned in the right direction while approaching the probe from the container it starts a process of attraction of the container relative to the probe using another field whose field lines converge towards the capture zone of the probe.