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ALT An artist’s depiction of a GOES and JPSS satellite as cartoon characters can be seen next to an illustrated Earth. Curved, bright blue text above them says: “I love traveling the world with you!” A pink heart can be seen next to the text. The JPSS satellite is seen winking and giving the GOES satellite a thumbs up as it makes a polar orbit. The GOES satellite appears to wave to the JPSS satellite from further away. The description text at the bottom reads: “The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) fleet of satellites works with NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) to observe Earth’s weather.” Next to the description, large, white outlined JPSS lettering is seen with the text “Joint Polar Satellite System” underneath.
ALT This graphic shows a JPSS crossword puzzle. The colors used in this graphic are green, blue and white. On the left side of the graphic is an illustration of Earth with two satellites orbiting, surrounded by clouds. To the right of the illustration is the crossword puzzle. Down: 1. JPSS satellites travel around the Earth in a (blank) orbit. (5 letter blanks) 2. Each JPSS satellite has four (blank) on its satellite bus. (11 letter blanks) 4. One of JPSS’s partnered administrations that engineers and launches JPSS satellites. (4 letter blanks) Across: 3. The name of the JPSS sculpture at the NASA Goddard Visitor Center. (16 letter blanks) 5. A general term for a spacecraft that observes space. (9 letter blanks) 6. This JPSS partner doesn’t just study the ocean and weather, it also observes and tracks data from JPSS satellites. (4 letter blanks)
ALT A painting depicting a frog in hiking gear- yellow shoes, yellow backpack, yellow cap, red sweatshirt, and blue pants. The frog has red spectacles and is looking at a brown snail with a pink-yellow shell. Both of them are in a mossy log surrounded by mushrooms and greenery. The painting is made in acrylic gouache, watercolour, and pencils.
ALT Graphic showing Earth from space in the bottom left corner. On the right are six solid-colored figures in blue, yellow, and orange, standing behind a ballot box that says "VOTE." Other text on the screen is: NASA Earth Science in Action Comic Strip Contest. People's Choice Award Voting Now Open October 3-10.
ALT You can get a refund for any federal student loan payments since March 2020! Anyone with Department of Education owned federal student loans can request a refund of all amounts paid after March 13, 2020 through the end of the payment pause. This applies to a LOT of borrowers—INCLUDING the million+ who completely paid off their loans during the payment pause. 1. Call your servicer. Call your servicer and request a refund, they will not accept a written request (takes ~5 minutes once they're on the phone). 2. Say the following: "I would like a refund for the payments I made during the payment pause." You should get your refund back within 6-12 weeks! **IMPORTANT: Make sure you apply for a refund BEFORE applying for cancellation.
ALT The 30-foot solar panel array on the JPSS-2 satellite is seen being tested in a clean room at the Northrop Grumman facility in Gilbert, Arizona. The solar panels slowly unfolded while a crowd of team members looked on.
ALT Featured in this selfie is JPSS employee, Teresa Johnson, who can be seen smiling with a model of the new JPSS-2 satellite.
