In a way, Middle Georgia State University was along for the ride when NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launched into the cosmos during the early morning hours of Christmas Day 2021.
Years earlier, the University’s Institute for Applied Aerospace Research (IAAR), based on the School of Aviation campus in Eastman, worked on several major to small assemblies, components, parts, and test articles related to the telescope’s development.
Read more about MGA's involvement here.
UPDATE (7.13.22): NASA Reveals Webb Telescope’s First Images of Unseen Universe.
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