<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><strong style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Solar System Ambassadors Program Accepting Applications</span></strong><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br></span></b><br style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Solar System Ambassadors Program (SSA), a nationwide network of space enthusiast volunteers, will accept applications <b>from September 1 through <strong>September 30, 2013</strong></b>.</span><br style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; "><br style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Highly motivated individuals will be given the opportunity to represent NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as volunteer Solar System Ambassadors to the public for a one-year, renewable term beginning January 1, 2014. </span><br style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; "><br style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">While applications will be sought nationwide, interested parties from the following states are especially encouraged to apply: Alaska, Delaware, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wyoming and the District of Columbia. SSA hopes to add 100 new volunteers to the program in 2014.</span><br style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; "><br style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">To learn more about the Solar System Ambassador Program, visit </span><a href="http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/" style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">. The Announcement of Opportunity and application form will be available on that website beginning September 1.</span><br style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; "><br style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">If you have questions about this opportunity, contact Kay Ferrari, SSA Coordinator, by email at</span><a href="mailto:ambassad@jpl.nasa.gov" style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">ambassad@jpl.nasa.gov</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">.</span></body></html>