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

WIRED · Jul 24, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC

Flames burned through the Deep Space Communications Complex near Madrid, but NASA has been unable to assess the damage as a wildfire emergency grips the region.

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