Go for Apophis

“Damage is being done already. Even if funding is reinstated, we have already lost people.”

Artist's illustration of the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft at asteroid Apophis.

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA has thrown a lifeline to scientists working on a mission to visit an asteroid that will make an unusually close flyby of the Earth in 2029, reversing the Trump administration’s previous plan to shut it down.