diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 68bc17f..6a9390b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -158,3 +158,6 @@ cython_debug/
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
+
+# vscode
+.vscode
diff --git a/datalab/datalab_session/data_operations/median.py b/datalab/datalab_session/data_operations/median.py
index ade0ef1..88299e4 100644
--- a/datalab/datalab_session/data_operations/median.py
+++ b/datalab/datalab_session/data_operations/median.py
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
+from io import BytesIO
+import logging
+import os
+import tempfile
+
+import numpy as np
+from astropy.io import fits
+
 from datalab.datalab_session.data_operations.data_operation import BaseDataOperation
+from datalab.datalab_session.util import store_fits_output, get_archive_from_basename
+
+log = logging.getLogger()
+log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
 
 class Median(BaseDataOperation):
@@ -31,4 +43,62 @@ def wizard_description():
         }
     
     def operate(self):
-        pass
+        input_files = self.input_data.get('input_files', [])
+        file_count = len(input_files)
+
+        if file_count == 0:
+            return { 'output_files': [] }
+
+        log.info(f'Executing median operation on {file_count} files')
+
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
+            memmap_paths = []
+
+            for index, file_info in enumerate(input_files):
+                basename = file_info.get('basename', 'No basename found')
+                archive_record = get_archive_from_basename(basename)
+
+                try:
+                    fits_url = archive_record[0].get('url', 'No URL found')
+                except IndexError:
+                    continue
+
+                with fits.open(fits_url, use_fsspec=True) as hdu_list:
+                    data = hdu_list['SCI'].data
+                    memmap_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, f'memmap_{index}.dat')
+                    memmap_array = np.memmap(memmap_path, dtype=data.dtype, mode='w+', shape=data.shape)
+                    memmap_array[:] = data[:]
+                    memmap_paths.append(memmap_path)
+
+                self.set_percent_completion(index / file_count)
+
+            image_data_list = [
+                np.memmap(path, dtype=np.float32, mode='r', shape=memmap_array.shape)
+                for path in memmap_paths
+            ]
+
+            # Crop fits image data to be the same shape then stack
+            min_shape = min(arr.shape for arr in image_data_list)
+            cropped_data_list = [arr[:min_shape[0], :min_shape[1]] for arr in image_data_list]
+            stacked_data = np.stack(cropped_data_list, axis=2)
+
+            # Calculate a Median along the z axis
+            median = np.median(stacked_data, axis=2)
+
+            cache_key = self.generate_cache_key()
+            header = fits.Header([('KEY', cache_key)])
+            primary_hdu = fits.PrimaryHDU(header=header)
+            image_hdu = fits.ImageHDU(median)
+            hdu_list = fits.HDUList([primary_hdu, image_hdu])
+
+            fits_buffer = BytesIO()
+            hdu_list.writeto(fits_buffer)
+            fits_buffer.seek(0)
+
+            # Write the HDU List to the output FITS file in the bucket
+            response = store_fits_output(cache_key, fits_buffer)
+
+        # TODO: No output yet, need to build a thumbnail service
+        output = {'output_files': []}
+        self.set_percent_completion(file_count / file_count)
+        self.set_output(output)
diff --git a/datalab/datalab_session/util.py b/datalab/datalab_session/util.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de60796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datalab/datalab_session/util.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import requests
+import logging
+
+import boto3
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
+log = logging.getLogger()
+log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+def store_fits_output(item_key: str, fits_buffer: object) -> object:
+  """
+  Stores a fits into the operation bucket in S3
+
+  Keyword Arguements:
+  item_key -- name under which to store the fits file
+  fits_buffer -- the fits file to add to the bucket
+  """
+  log.info(f'Adding {item_key} to {settings.DATALAB_OPERATION_BUCKET}')
+
+  s3 = boto3.resource('s3')
+  response = s3.Bucket(settings.DATALAB_OPERATION_BUCKET).put_object(Key = item_key, Body = fits_buffer.getvalue())
+  return response
+
+def get_archive_from_basename(basename: str) -> dict:
+  """
+  Queries and returns an archive file from the Archive
+
+  Keyword Arguements:
+  basename -- name to query
+  """
+  query_params = {'basename_exact': basename }
+
+  response = requests.get(settings.ARCHIVE_API + '/frames/', params=query_params)
+
+  try:
+    image_data = response.json()
+    results = image_data.get('results', None)
+  except IndexError:
+    log.error(f"No image found with specified basename: {basename}")
+    raise FileNotFoundError
+
+  return results
diff --git a/datalab/settings.py b/datalab/settings.py
index 8a06384..37498c7 100644
--- a/datalab/settings.py
+++ b/datalab/settings.py
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ def get_list_from_env(variable, default=None):
 # AdminMiddleware is enabled.  The default value is 'default'.
 DRAMATIQ_TASKS_DATABASE = 'default'
 
+# AWS S3 Bitbucket
+DATALAB_OPERATION_BUCKET = os.getenv('DATALAB_OPERATION_BUCKET', 'datalab-operation-output-bucket')
+
+# Datalab Archive
+ARCHIVE_API = os.getenv('ARCHIVE_API', 'https://datalab-archive.photonranch.org')
 
 # Database
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#databases