NASA and IBM's open source lunar model turns 17 years of orbiter data into a foundation for lunar science
4 October 2026 at 10:10
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NASA and IBM have released the Lunar Foundation Model, one of the first open-source AI models for lunar science. Trained on nearly 2 million tile bundles, mostly from 17 years of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data, it cuts the error in predicting polar ice deposits.
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