NASA has launched an artificial intelligence satellite — it decides for itself what to shoot in 90 seconds!

Artificial intelligence from NASA has just made a breakthrough: a satellite in space itself, without the help of humans, made a decision in just 90 seconds whether to shoot the Earth or not. And he did it at a speed of 17,000 miles per hour, bypassing the interfering clouds. Does it sound like fiction? And this is reality.

We are talking about a new version of the onboard AI that NASA is testing right now. This thing could dramatically change how satellites monitoring our planet collect and process data. Previously, you had to shoot everything first, then wait for the information to reach the Ground, and only then sort out what is useful and what is not. Now the satellite decides everything on board: if it saw clouds, it skipped the frame, and if it saw a clear sky, it clicked the camera. And all this without a single signal from Earth.

The key to success is a technology called Dynamic Targeting. It has been developed for more than ten years at NASA's famous Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. In fact, it's like teaching a satellite to "think": to see, analyze, and act for itself. Instead of blindly following a preset program, he now adapts to the situation in real time.

Imagine: a satellite is flying, its cameras are scanning the surface, the AI in the background checks the images, and as soon as it notices that there will be a solid cloud cover in the frame, it immediately decides: "Don't, let's skip it." And if he sees something interesting, such as a forest fire or flood, he may even re—aim and take a series of pictures. This is not just a time saver, it is a breakthrough in the effectiveness of Earth observations.

This level of autonomy is especially important for future missions where communication with Earth may be weak or delayed — for example, on other planets. But even in near-Earth space, this already provides huge advantages: less junk data, more useful information, and faster response to natural disasters.

NASA is not just experimenting — they are laying the groundwork for a new era of spacecraft that will work as smart assistants rather than mindless cameras in orbit.