ISERV photo - This “first light” image, captured on Feb. 16, shows the mouth of the Rio San Pablo in Veraguas, Panama, as it empties into the Gulf of Montijo

Our History: ISERV

Every 24 hours, the International Space Station (ISS) orbits the Earth 16 times, providing a view of much of our planet's populated area. SERVIR put that vantage point to good use in 2013 and 2014 with a special camera, the ISS SERVIR Environmental Research and Visualization System (ISERV)

ISERV was primarily intended to help scientists gain valuable information about how a more capable future instrument might operate, but it accomplished much more. It acquired over 175,000 images of Earth, including critical disaster photos, many of which were made available to the International Charter for Space and Major Disasters for use in disaster response and assessment. 

The team consisted of Burgess Howell, Prototyping Lead / Lab Manager; Jaganathan Ranganathan, Research Scientist, and Paul Tatum, ISERV Lead Systems Engineer.  
 

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Banner photo: This “first light” image, captured on Feb. 16, shows the mouth of the Rio San Pablo in Veraguas, Panama, as it empties into the Gulf of Montijo. This wetland supports an important local fishery and provides habitat for many mammals and reptiles, as well as several species of nesting and wintering water birds.