NASA’s $20 million mission to visit ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid saved from budget cuts in last-minute decision
NASA’s plans to fly a spacecraft past a potentially dangerous asteroid in 2029 will continue, at least for the next year. After threats of mission cancellation, the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft received a last-minute allocation of $20 million in the House budget bill to continue basic operations during the next fiscal year. However, the fate of 18…