0:00:14 > 0:00:18Hello, you watching new sound with me, Ricky.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Hello, you watching new sound with me, Ricky.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Now, Dancing On Ice is back on our screens this evening.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26If you thought the celebs were good, take a look at some of these figure
0:00:26 > 0:00:28skaters who are competing in the Winter Olympics.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31T hey've got more twists and turns than you could possibly imagine.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34They've got more twists and turns than you could possibly imagine.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Sticking in Pyeongchang, let's head outside to the snow,
0:01:24 > 0:01:29and this 17-year-old American sporting outsider who's blown
0:01:29 > 0:01:32everyone away winning gold in men's slopestyle.
0:01:32 > 0:01:40He's called Red Gerrard and you need to check this out.
0:01:54 > 0:01:55Feels incredible.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00I'm just really happy that I got to land a run and I'm just, yeah,
0:02:00 > 0:02:02I'm really excited right now.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05I was surprised to even make it to the finals at the Olympics
0:02:05 > 0:02:07and to get first is above me.
0:02:07 > 0:02:13I don't even know what's going on, to be honest right now.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Wow, wasn't that incredible?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Sticking with the cold stuff, there's something you've
0:02:18 > 0:02:20got to check out over at Newsround online.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23A few weeks ago, we told you about actor David Harbour's
0:02:23 > 0:02:26campaign to go to the antarctic to dance with penguins.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Well, he's on his way there right now!
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Check this out.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34Now we've seen humans walking on the moon,
0:02:34 > 0:02:38but will it ever be possible for that to happen on Mars?
0:02:38 > 0:02:41It might sound like an idea for a new sci-fi movie,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44but a research team have been spending time in the Oman desert
0:02:44 > 0:02:52doing experiments that could one day make that a reality.
0:02:54 > 0:03:00Sending a man on a mission to Mars has been the Spacek Laura's ambition
0:03:00 > 0:03:04for years and these researchers are hoping to make it a reality. They're
0:03:04 > 0:03:08in the Oman desert in the Middle East, doing experiments that could
0:03:08 > 0:03:13one day help humans to survive on the red planet.But while man? We
0:03:13 > 0:03:19need a place that looks as much as Mars as possible. And we founded
0:03:19 > 0:03:24here in Oman. It's a beautiful place, but its most of all
0:03:24 > 0:03:28scientifically useful place, and operationally useful.Although still
0:03:28 > 0:03:33a distant dream, it felt a little bit closer on Tuesday when this
0:03:33 > 0:03:38company successfully launched the world's most powerful rocket while
0:03:38 > 0:03:41getting there is when macro challenge but astronauts will also
0:03:41 > 0:03:46be able to need to survive on Mars. That's why these experiments are so
0:03:46 > 0:03:50crucial.Once we will go to Mars and we will stay on Mars. We will have
0:03:50 > 0:03:54to use the resources we find on Mars, because we cannot bring
0:03:54 > 0:04:00everything from Earth. That is called in situ resource utilisation
0:04:00 > 0:04:05so we have to use the things we find there. First of all to sustain life
0:04:05 > 0:04:09there, to sustain missions there and then in the longer run, for other
0:04:09 > 0:04:14things.This vast desert is the perfect spot to carry out tests like
0:04:14 > 0:04:18growing vegetables and trying out the bulky spacesuits. Who knows,
0:04:18 > 0:04:21when macro J similar scenes could be taking place on Mars.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24taking place on Mars.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Now what do you get if you have a sleepy kangaroo,
0:04:26 > 0:04:28some partying astronauts and a really long zipwire?
0:04:28 > 0:04:35Strange, Stranger, Strangest, of course!
0:04:35 > 0:04:38This has to be one of the cutest kangaroos ever.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43When he gets tired, instead of hopping into his mum's pouch,
0:04:43 > 0:04:45he lands in a pillow case!
0:04:45 > 0:04:49He's being looked after at the kangaroo sanctuary
0:04:49 > 0:04:51in Alice Springs in Australia and what's even stranger,
0:04:51 > 0:04:52he's called Bradley.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57Oh, doesn't he look comfy?
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Now we're raving about this party.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04They're on a special plane which is normally used
0:05:04 > 0:05:07by astronauts to see how it feels being weightless in space.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10But instead, these guys have a 90-minute party,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13complete with flashing lights and DJs.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Who needs dancing when you can float?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20And if you're afraid of heights, well, look away now.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25This is the longest zip wire in the world.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28It's a record-breaking 2.8 kilometres - that's longer
0:05:28 > 0:05:30than 28 football pitches.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33It's in the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East and starts
0:05:33 > 0:05:38on the mountains before plunging down through the hills.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41You go at over 90 mph.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44That's even faster than you're allowed to go on a motorway.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48I think you'd have to be pretty strange to wanted to go on it.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51I'd be way too scared!
0:05:51 > 0:05:55That's all from the Newsround team for now - we're back with your last
0:05:55 > 0:05:58hit of news just before 2.15pm.