# NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Model

> IBM and NASA released an open lunar foundation model on September 10, 2026, alongside a machine-learning-ready dataset aligning more than 30 layers from nine instruments across four missions. This feature examines the reported gains in ice prospectivity, crater detection, and volcanic-feature mapping, their scientific and exploration uses, and what the release demonstrates about IBM’s strategy of making domain AI and research datasets publicly reusable.

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Last updated: 2026-10-02