Reach the Moon
Send the first Hungarian payload to the Moon: the Spacetime plaque time capsule
About Us
Exploring rough terrains & lunar resources
Puli Space Technologies Ltd. is a space technology company based in Budapest, Hungary. It was founded in 2010 with the aim to become part of the fast growing private lunar industry. Puli Space Technologies develops a low cost, lightweight, planetary rover platform with unique mobility capabilities carrying payloads, as well as a neutron spectrometer instrument to explore lunar water resources, and support In-Situ Resource Utilisation (ISRU) activities, while able to survive the harsh environment on the Moon.
Our first lunar payload: the Spacetime plaque
Our first payload on the Moon will be the Spacetime plaque, a Hungarian time capsule on Earth and on the Moon at the same time. With the Spacetime plaque, we will create an eternal memory for the Mighty Magyars, among others. The Spacetime plaque will be delivered to the surface of the Moon in 2022, onboard the Peregrine lunar lander of US-based company Astrobotic Inc., our official Moon delivery partner since August 2016.
Spacetime plaque website
NASA prize winner payload: The PLWS
Puli Space won the 2nd prize of the "Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload, The Sequel" challenge of NASA JPL in 2022, with its innovative miniature lunar neutron spectrometer payload able to map water ice resources on the Moon. The Puli Lunar Water Snooper (PLWS) has been successfully designed, manufactured and tested in the framework of two consecutive challenges, during which NASA has funded the payload development with $225,000 USD in 2021. PLWS is capable of monitoring and characterizing neutron environment, identifying and measuring subsurface hydrogen content of the lunar soil, and so mapping an area for water deposits when mounted on a small lunar rover. A PLWS flight opportunity is expected on a NASA CLPS mission in 2024.
Moon & Mars Analog Field Tests with rovers
The team has already gained valuable experience in Analog Planetary Research (APR) to support future human and robotic planetary exploration. With the terrestrial prototypes of the Puli rover, the Mission Control team had several successful field tests on Moon and Mars analog terrains, often cooperating with analog astronauts (Mission Maunacast at PISCES, Mauna Kea, Hawaii; MARS2013 mission in the Sahara, Morocco; and AMADEE-15 expedition in the Alps, Austria).
Google Lunar XPRIZE challenge
Team Puli had been an official contestant of the Google Lunar XPRIZE (GLXP) challenge since 2010. GLXP called for privately funded teams to be the first to land a robotic spacecraft on the Moon, travel 500 meters, and transmit HD videos and images back to Earth. Although the contest ended without any winner in 2018, Puli Space Technologies continues its mission to send a lunar rover and payloads to the Moon.
Our Mission
Technology Demonstration
Demonstrate the unique capabilities of the Puli Lunar Water Snooper (PLWS) payload, and Puli lunar rover on the Moon
Search for Water Ice
Identify and measure concentration of water ice in the lunar soil with our novel and low cost PLWS neutron spectrometer
Scientific Measurements
Characterize lunar radiation and thermal environments, water ice resources by acquiring scientific data
Explore Lunar Surface
Visit and map hardly accessible areas like smaller craters, lava tubes and shadowed regions
Capture Images, Videos
Capture images and videos of the landing site, lunar landscapes and Earth
Our Competencies
Our Partners
Special Partners
Sponsors & Collaboration Partners
“This project means for me to dare to dream big and do for them: many people say they know that we have the knowledge in this small country for it. Here's the chance to prove it.”
“First I would send our Puli ahead to take a look around, sniff, examine, make friends, be nice to the locals, whoever they are.”
“We need dreams, tales that the space is visible and that dream can come true. Landing Puli on the Moon is such a dream come true. It depends on us too if it happens.”
“Our scientists, thinkers, musicians carry the fame, that here in the Carpathian Basin, an ethnic group speaking a strange language - maybe thanks to their language - able to accomplish great things.”
“During my visit in Budapest, I saw with my own eyes how the Puli inspired the students, the audience. This in itself already makes the project valuable.”
“The Puli is both a professional challenge and a symbol. A successful mission can be a success for all of us, a nationwide positive experience that everyone can be proud of. Puli on the Moon - Wonderful thought!”
“One of the goals of Puli could be to bring our nation together. Thanks for the dream-like mission - Puli to the Moon! - which is unassailable, inspiring and pure. When was the last time we had the opportunity for such a noble collaboration?”
“Personally, what I like the most about Puli Space is that they have started a seemingly impossible project. A project that's about most people would say, it can't succeed anyway.”
“Everything is difficult for one; nothing is impossible for many.”
Latest News
Puli Lunar Water Snooper is supported by NASA
NASA provides $225,000 funding and technical expertise to support the development of the PLWS payload in the next one year. PLWS will map lunar subsurface water ice resources and it can be delivered to the Moon as early as 2022 on a NASA CLPS mission.
Read more
Puskás and the Golden Team to the Moon!
Help us bring Hungary to the Moon! With this campaign, we want to make a unique eternal memory of Puskás and the Golden Soccer Team with the help of the Spacetime plaque - both on the Moon and here on Earth!
Read more
Puli Space won the 1st prize on NASA Mini Payload Challenge!
Puli Space won the 1st prize on the NASA “Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload” challenge in Lunar Resource category, with its miniature payload design looking for water ice on the Moon.
Read more
Puli Space supports RADNEXT
Puli Space fully supports RADNEXT proposal and joins the nascent radiation effects R&D network of Europe, which aims to enhance and improve radiation testing and effect mitigation.
Read more
Puli at the ESA Space Resources Workshop in Luxembourg
The 2nd workshop has been organised about Space Resources & ISRU, this time in Luxembourg. Puli Space was also represented there.
Read more
Back to the Moon for good! – 50th anniversary of Apollo-11
An Apollo-11 Moon landing 50th anniversary event was organized by Puli Space in Budapest.
Read more
Puli Space reserves a ride to the Moon with Astrobotic
Hungarian company, seventh nation on Astrobotic’s maiden voyage to the Moon, is to send a “Memory of Mankind” time capsule.
Read more
Tuxera company is the new sponsor of Puli Space
Tuxera, the leading provider of file systems, sponsors Puli Space to land a rover on the Moon.
Read more
GLXP Team Summit – Pioneers of the Moon meet in Budapest
Teams participating in of one the world’s foremost technological challenge, the Google Lunar XPRIZE, hold their annual meeting in Budapest, hosted by Puli Space.
Read more
HungaroControl sponsors Puli Space's field simulation test
The world class air navigation company sponsors Puli Space’s field simulation test in the Moroccan Sahara.
Read moreContact Us
Office
Fogarasi út 5. bld.27., 1148 Budapest, Hungary
office
pulispace.com
pulispace.com
Phone
+36 70 772 1727
Join Us!
hrpulispace.com
pulispace.com
Send us your CV and cover letter!
“We've talked about this many times in the news and it seems less and less crazy. ... This is not a simple and short-lived enthusiasm, but a hard job, commitment, constant learning despite the fact, that failure can occur.”