NASA’s Prithvi Becomes First AI Geospatial Foundation Model In Orbit

A team of researchers demonstrated NASA and IBM’s open-source Prithvi Geospatial artificial intelligence foundation model aboard two in-orbit platforms.
Posted on May 7, 2026
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