One of NASA’s Most Important Deep Space Observatories Hit by Spanish Wildfires

Wildfires in Spain reached NASA’s Deep Space Communications Complex near Madrid, forcing staff to evacuate.

NASA shifted spacecraft communications to its Goldstone facility in California to keep operations running.

The Robledo de Chavela site is a key Deep Space Network hub for missions like Voyager 1 and the James Webb Space Telescope.

NASA says it will assess any equipment damage once conditions are safe, as Europe faces an extreme heat-driven wildfire emergency.