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NASA's Mars Data Took 30 Hours. We Got It to 10.

Aug 25, 2026
A scientist could form a hypothesis on Mars and not get the answer back the same sol. NASA's PIXL instrument reads the chemistry of Martian rock live from the Perseverance rover. Processing that data took 30 hours — long enough that the science had to wait for the pipeline. We rebuilt the cloud backend and got it to 10 minutes. 180x. Twelve weeks concept to production. NASA Software of the Year runner-up, 2023. Full story → https://youtu.be/APhsIuB4QpY Work with the team that did this → https://concepttocloud.com/contact #NASA #Mars #dataengineering #cloudengineering #Perseverance #shorts
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