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The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed its first exploration data buy agreement with Hungarian company Puli Space Technologies, whose neutron spectrometer will study water ice in the Moon's south pole region and provide the first direct surface measurements from a permanently shadowed crater. Through this partnership, ESA will obtain data from the spectrometer, which will fly on Intuitive Machines' second lunar mission.
The Puli Lunar Water Snooper (PLWS), a NASA-awarded miniature neutron spectrometer developed by Puli Space, is mounted on Intuitive Machines’ Micro Nova Hopper, a propulsive drone that will deploy off their lunar lander and hop across the Moon’s surface. During this mission, set for no earlier than February 2025, PLWS will investigate the presence of water ice and hydrogen.
