History | Power | Secrets on Instagram: "On August 24, 2002, in Baghdad, Tariq Aziz, Iraq’s longtime deputy prime minister and Saddam Hussein’s chief international spokesman, told CBS’s 60 Minutes II (in an interview with Dan Rather) that it was not for the United States to decide Iraq’s leadership, warning that regime-change logic would destabilize the region and that an invasion would bring chaos; after the 2003 war he surrendered to U.S. forces, spent years in custody, and died in 2015."

Today in History for August 24th

Mars Pathfinder - NASA Science

Som ET - 59 - Mars - Mars Pathfinder - Sojourner Rover - 1996 The Mars Pathfinder mission, designed to demonstrate a low-cost method for delivering a set of science instruments to the Red Planet, was the first wheeled vehicle to be used on any other planet in the solar system and served as the foundation for the Mars rovers of today. The mission landed a rover -- Sojourner -- on the surface of Mars using an air bag landing system and innovative petal design, which have been used since in various