07/02/2018 Newsround

Morning, I'm Hayley -

your top stories on Newsround

this morning...

Success for the world's

most powerful rocket!

What girls think about girls.

Powerful. Independent.

And the dog with its own bedroom.

Big news in the world

of space travel.

The most powerful rocket

in the world, the Falcon Heavy,

was successfully launched

into space last night.

Houston, run this VT!

Five, four, three,

two, one, blastoff!

It's taken seven years but,

boys and girls, that is what

you call a successful launch of

the most powerful rocket ever built.

The Falcon Heavy is

the brainchild of SpaceX,

the company run by

South African Elon Musk.

Never heard of him?

Well, it's rumoured

that Robert Downey Jr

based the character Tony Stark,

AKA Iron Man, on him.

Kind of gives you an idea

about the type of guy he is.

Back to the rocket.

It used 27 separate

engines to launch it into

space - that's around the same power

as 18 Boeing 747 aeroplanes taking

off, and twice as powerful as any

other rocket in use at the minute.

It means the Falcon Heavy can carry

twice as much into space, 64 tonnes

to be exact.

That's basically five

double-decker buses.

It opens up the possibility

for astronauts to travel

further, and bigger robots to be

sent to planets like Mars.

On top of that, the

boosters that the Falcon

uses to power it into

space are reusable.

Once detached from the main body

of the craft they should

fly themselves back to Earth.

Now, that is cool.

So, who was lucky enough to be

on the first flight?

Well, no humans, unfortunately.

You see, a lot of test

flights can go wrong.

But that's not to say

the spaceship was empty.

Bring forth, Starman.

Yeah, that's a dummy riding

a cherry red car to Mars,

with the radio on, of course.

Rescue teams are working hard

to help people in Taiwan

after a strong earthquake there.

Four people died

and 200 others are hurt.

Many buildings have been damaged.

Hundreds of people had

to sleep outside in the city

of Hualien last night.

A lot of things have changed

in the UK since women fought

for the right to vote 100 years ago.

Back then, women weren't allowed

to have a say in elections,

and couldn't do certain jobs.

So we wanted to know what you think

about being a girl in 2018.

What's the best thing

about being a girl?

You've got a strong mind.

You can, like, go out shopping

with my mates and have sleepovers.

What can be difficult

about being a girl?

Sometimes people underestimate you.

Sometimes a stereotype that a girl's

supposed to look a certain

way and dress a certain way,

but not everyone wants to do that.

People have higher

expectations of girls

than they do of boys.

Do you think girls and boys

are treated the same?

No, especially like when you get

older, boys get paid more

than girls.

Girls, I think, we can, like,

boys are better at football.

I think that in school

girls and boys are

treated the same because everybody

should be equal in school.

Boys and girls are the same, really.

I don't think that there

should be much difference.

Who are your female

role models and why?

Rosa Parks because she stood up

for the equality of everyone.

Nicola Adams because she shows that

sports isn't just for

like boys and men.

Finish the sentence.

Girls are...

Powerful.

Mature and they don't

give up on things.

Independent.

Equal to boys.

OK, time for a quick round-up

of some of the other

top stories today...

And, wow!

What a game for Swansea in their

FA Cup fourth round replay.

They thrashed Notts County 8-1.

The Swans will now face

Sheffield Wednesday.

Huddersfield and Rochdale

also won their replays.

It's looking more and more

likely that Leicester

midfielder Riyad Mahrez won't

be involved in their

Premier League match against

Manchester City on Saturday.

He's been hoping for a move

to the league leaders

but the deal fell through.

And he hasn't reported

for training now for a week.

A service took place at Old Trafford

yesterday to mark 60 years

since an aeroplane coming

from the European Cup tie

crashed as it took off

at Munich airport.

It's known as the

Munich air disaster.

23 people died, including eight

Manchester United players.

If you've got a dog,

where does it like to sleep?

In a basket on the kitchen floor?

Or maybe even at the

bottom of your bed?

Well, not this pampered pooch!

She has her very

own special bedroom!

Check it out!

It looks so cosy, doesn't it?

This dog den belongs to Molly,

a West Highland terrier

who lives in Scotland.

Her family was worried

Molly would feel left out

when their new baby arrived.

So they built her a special bedroom

of her own under the stairs.

It's not just a little cubbyhole

with a dog basket in it either.

I wouldn't mind taking a nap

on that big cushion myself!

Molly's also got her own big

sofa to stretch out on,

and all her favourite cuddly toys

are there, too, to keep her company.

She's even got pictures

of her and her family on the walls.

So has the idea worked?

Yes!

Molly has become baby

Caitlin's best friend.

They are PAW-some pals.

Let's just hope the new baby doesn't

get jealous of Molly's new room.

That's it from me.

Woof over her head -

Ayshsah's back this afternoon.