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NASA evacuates Madrid deep-space station as wildfires threaten critical network
Key Takeaways
- NASA evacuated its Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex because of nearby wildfires.
- The Madrid station is one of only three core sites in the Deep Space Network.
- Mission support was shifted to Goldstone, California, to keep spacecraft communications running.
- The incident underscores how vulnerable critical space infrastructure can be to terrestrial disasters.
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DT Editorial Team··via spaceflightnow.com