This bachelor thesis presents the work of the sub-group ”Mesh Networking” of the larger project ”An Open-Source Platform to Develop Wireless Nodes for Lunar Exploration”. The aim of this project is to design and develop an open-source software to simulate, deploy, and visualize a mesh network to measure radiation on the Shackleton crater. The Shackleton crater is located on the South pole and has a high interest for lunar missions. Given the Moon’s rough terrain and obstacles, a measurement using a rover will be inefficient. By using a wireless mesh network, a robust, scalable network can be created to measure radiation across a wide area. The developed software allows the user to deploy a mesh network with customizable inputs, such as connection radius, number of nodes deployed, and location. It simulates the number of hops from each node to the sink node, the lifetime, and network dynamics. On top of that, the user can input a script with a failure simulation. Additionally, the inter-connection protocols based on IPv6, 6LoWPAN, and RPL were studied and integrated.