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Hi, I'm Naz, you're watching Newsround. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Could YOU be getting your post delivered by a drone? | :00:07. | :00:12. | |
And the penguin that's definitely got happy feet! | :00:13. | :00:26. | |
First, to Solar Impulse 2, the record breaking plane that's | :00:27. | :00:29. | |
today finished its epic round the world trip. | :00:30. | :00:31. | |
Powered entirely by the sun, the plane touched down | :00:32. | :00:35. | |
in Abu Dhabi this morning - sixteen months after the | :00:36. | :00:37. | |
Touching down for the final time - Solar Impulse 2's team celebrate | :00:38. | :00:46. | |
the historic moment they complete the first solar-powered, | :00:47. | :00:49. | |
The aircraft is powered by 17,000 solar cells in its wings, | :00:50. | :00:57. | |
Its wingspan is 72 metres, wider than a jumbo jet, | :00:58. | :01:03. | |
but it weighs the same as a family car. | :01:04. | :01:06. | |
There's only room for one inside so two pilots take | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
That means they can only sleep for 20 minutes whilst the plane's | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
And when nature calls, the seat becomes a potty. | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
The plane isn't great in different weathers. | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
When it was hot the pilots needed oxygen masks, | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
when it was cold they had to wrap up. | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
Since it set off from Abu Dhabi in March last year it's | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
travelled 26,000 miles, over four continents, | :01:34. | :01:34. | |
The longest flight was Japan to Hawaii - | :01:35. | :01:40. | |
5,545 miles - lasting nearly 118 hours, | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
Its batteries were damaged during the long trip so the plane | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
was grounded for ten months whilst it was fixed. | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
But in April this year, the plane took to the skies again - | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
completing its route back to Abu Dhabi. | :01:58. | :02:00. | |
After more than 500 hours of flying time, its mission was completed. | :02:01. | :02:10. | |
And we wanted to know what incredible trip you'd make. | :02:11. | :02:13. | |
Jasmine from Coventry emailed saying "I would like to go to the deepest | :02:14. | :02:16. | |
And Martha said she'd like to visit somewhere very cold. | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
Imagine this - you're sat in your living room, | :02:21. | :02:27. | |
watching Newsround of course, and BOOM - a drone | :02:28. | :02:29. | |
Well it COULD soon be reality - the government's got together | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
with Amazon to start testing it out. | :02:36. | :02:39. | |
Pretty soon this could be the reality, drones | :02:40. | :02:48. | |
delivering your shopping instead of delivery drivers. | :02:49. | :02:54. | |
Amazon are planning to use drones like this to | :02:55. | :02:58. | |
deliver online orders but is it a good idea? | :02:59. | :03:04. | |
I think it would be very cool and advanced technology. | :03:05. | :03:14. | |
If it was glass, it could damage the parcel. | :03:15. | :03:21. | |
It is a bit odd and it is not what we are normally used to, the | :03:22. | :03:25. | |
In the future we could have robots delivering | :03:26. | :03:30. | |
Tests will now take place to receive this new | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
technology can now work and be as safe as possible so it could be | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
quite some time before you see drones flying into the living | :03:39. | :03:43. | |
I bet you do - but do you know how tall we are in the UK, | :03:44. | :03:51. | |
Well, researchers have been on a measuring marathon to find out. | :03:52. | :03:58. | |
At six foot, Dutch men are the tallest and Latvia has | :03:59. | :04:01. | |
the tallest women at an average of five foot seven. | :04:02. | :04:04. | |
But where's the UK in the height chart? | :04:05. | :04:08. | |
Head online to find out and see how we stack up compared to some | :04:09. | :04:11. | |
Whilst you're there - if you hate long car journeys take | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
a look at our great tips to shake them up. | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
Next take a look at this statue unveiled yesterday - | :04:20. | :04:21. | |
Well, we're told its Olympic swimming superstar Rebecca Adlington | :04:22. | :04:29. | |
- that's her in the boat next to it in Hyde Park in London - | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
and tomorrow we'll be hearing from the legend herself on Newsround | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
about her plans to get more of you into the pool this summer. | :04:37. | :04:39. | |
And onto another swimming star take a look at Purps the Penguin. | :04:40. | :04:42. | |
She injured her left foot FIVE years ago and couldn't walk. | :04:43. | :04:44. | |
kids in America and experts at an Aquarium there designed | :04:45. | :04:48. | |
a special boot for her - using a 3D printer. | :04:49. | :04:50. | |
Newsround's back just after 7.30 tomorrow morning. | :04:51. | :04:54. | |
Don't forget to check out the website for all the rest | :04:55. | :04:58. |