CHINA FIRST LUNAR LANDING PROBE LAUNCHED
December 2, 2013 - China
China launched the Chang'e-3 lunar probe, carrying the Jade Rabbit rover. The spacecraft headed into orbit and then on to the Moon. This was hoped to become the country's first extraterrestrial landing craft, and a showcase for China's rising technological abilities. The lift-off of the Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China's southwestern Sichuan province was broacast live on the nation's state television. The robot rover's mission was to conduct geological surveys and investigate the Moon's natural resources. Previously, China's had put their Chang'e-1 into moon orbit (launched 24 Oct 2007) taking images and spectral analyses, and sent three astronauts on a 15 day mission orbitting the Earth (Jun 2013), during which their craft docked with an experimental space lab.
RAúL CASTRO ATTENDS A MILITARY PARADE AND GIVES A SPEECH
December 2, 2006 - Cuba
The parade starts with the Cuban national anthem and a multiple cannon fire salute. Raol Castro talks about the the government's willingness to negotiate with the United States. He makes no reference to his brother, Fidel's, health, and commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the Revolution. It is Fidel Castro's eightieth birthday. A celebration of the Revolutionary Armed Forces" unity, the army and the communist party are part of the parade, which includes amphibious transports and tanks (modernized T-55's and T-62's). The parade is culminated with a march by of the Cuban people.
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