07/02/2018 Newsround

Hiya, I'm Ayshah.

Loads on Newsround today,

including:

Blast off for the world's

most powerful rocket.

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Come on, the amber army!

Could Newport County make

history in the FA Cup?

And a beetle's eaten

by a frog - but survives!

Let's start with

exciting space news.

Some people weren't

sure if it would work,

but last night the world's most

powerful rocket, the Falcon Heavy,

successfully launched

for the very first time.

But it now seems all didn't go

as smoothly as planned.

Watch this.

Five, four, three, two, one...

This was the incredible moment

the most powerful rocket ever built

blasted off into space.

It's been created by

a company called SpaceX.

27 separate engines

were needed to launch it.

That's around the same power as 18

Boeing 747 aeroplanes taking off,

and twice as powerful as any other

rocket being used right now.

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 could mean astronauts can travel

further, and bigger robots can be

sent to planets like Mars.

But the boss of the company,

South African billionaire Elon Musk,

says not everything went to plan.

The boosters the Falcon uses to get

into space are meant to be reusable.

Once they come away from the rocket,

they should have flown

themselves back to Earth.

Well, two landed perfectly

at touchdown zones in Florida,

but the third, which was meant

to land on a drone ship out at sea,

missed and crashed into water.

That's the thing with test flights,

they don't always go perfectly,

and that's why there weren't any

people on board.

But that doesn't mean

the spaceship was empty.

Enter Starman.

Yeah, a dummy riding

Elon Musk's own red sports car

to Mars, with the radio on.

Of course.

They could be on a journey around

the sun for hundreds

of millions of years.

Wow!

Now introducing Cheddar Man!

He lived around 10,000 years ago

and got his name because he was

found in Cheddar Gorge

in Somerset more than 120 years ago.

But now scientists have new, special

technology so they can work out

what he looked like.

He had much darker skin

than researchers first thought,

and he had blue eyes.

Fancy a ride?

This is the world s

first Driverless Drone.

Passengers get in, belt up

and let the drone do

It s called Elhang 184 -

catchy - and it s

being tested in China.

Dubai says it wants to use them

as taxis but the makers

think they d be useful

for the emergency services too.

Now it's a huge night

for Newport County fans.

They're in League 2 and tonight

play Premier League side

Tottenham Hotspur at

Wembley for their FA Cup

fourth round replay.

In the first game,

the two sides drew 1-1.

If they win, it'd be

a huge result for County.

And these fans are

looking forward to it.

Come on, County!

Come on, the Amber Army!

Come on, lads!

Come on, County!

Massive good luck to all

the players and the staff

members of Newport County.

It's my first time going to Wembley

and I hope County win.

A massive good luck

to all our players and staff

from Newport County for the cup

tie at Wembley.

I've always supported Newport County

and it will be great

to go to the next round.

I'm really excited that

Newport County have got this far,

because now they get to play

against a top Premier League side.

It will feel great to win

because Newport County

are my favourite team and they've

been able to beat

a Premier League side.

I think Newport County

are the best team in the world.

I've never been to Wembley before,

so this is going to be

an exciting day for me.

Come on, County, you've got this.

Now get ready for

something really gross!

Whitney's got this.

This toad eats this beetle,

but then you'll never guess...

88 minutes later...

Bleurgh!

The beetle comes back!

Let's see that again, in slo-mo!

The beetle produces an explosion

of hot chemicals that upset

the toads' stomachs.

It makes the frog sick

and out comes the beetle.

Both were totally fine.

Sorry if you were

eating your dinner!

No frogs or beetles

were hurt in that film.

That's it from Newsround.

See you tomorrow.