Hungarian Team Puli towards Lunar Science and Exploration

Moon, our nearest neighbor in space which ignited our efforts towards outer space exploration in the 1960s and that led to several manned and unmanned missions in quick span of time to explore it and search for the sources of life and environment on a outer space body, is presently again in the spotlight as we are preparing to go to Mars and beyond. It is believed that most likely before humans go to Mars, manned mission to Moon in the 21st century is most certain. Not only using Moon as a base camp or a stopover towards manned Mission to Mars but Moon has several mysteries hidden in it, which, if found and explored, can be utilized to help in establishing the human colonies on Moon. In this direction several organisations around the world are preparing towards future exploration of Moon using Landers, Rovers and Orbiter Missions. Puli Space Technologies is a Hungarian startup which was founded in the year 2010 to participate in the Google Lunar XPRIZE Competition. The GLXP's objective was to design, build and send a craft to Moon to take panoramic pictures of the Lunar surface and transmit it back to Earth. Team Puli developed a unique rover with its "whegs" (Pentagon shaped wheel+legs), designed in such a way that the whole Rover can flip 360 Degree and stand back to its normal position if the Rover is obstructed by any rock or similar object.The Puli Rover was succesfully tested in various field simulation missions in Morocco [1], Hawaii and Austria [2]. Puli Space Technologies continues its journey on to the Moon after the GLXP to become the first Hungarian organisation to reach to Moon