11/02/2018 Newsround

Hello, you watching new sound with

me, Ricky.

Hello, you watching

new sound with me, Ricky.

Now, Dancing On Ice is back

on our screens this evening.

If you thought the celebs were good,

take a look at some of these figure

skaters who are competing

in the Winter Olympics.

T hey've got more twists and turns

than you could possibly imagine.

They've got more twists and turns

than you could possibly imagine.

Sticking in Pyeongchang,

let's head outside to the snow,

and this 17-year-old American

sporting outsider who's blown

everyone away winning gold

in men's slopestyle.

He's called Red Gerrard

and you need to check this out.

Feels incredible.

I'm just really happy that I got

to land a run and I'm just, yeah,

I'm really excited right now.

I was surprised to even make it

to the finals at the Olympics

and to get first is above me.

I don't even know what's going on,

to be honest right now.

Wow, wasn't that incredible?

Sticking with the cold stuff,

there's something you've

got to check out over

at Newsround online.

A few weeks ago, we told

you about actor David Harbour's

campaign to go to the antarctic

to dance with penguins.

Well, he's on his way

there right now!

Check this out.

Now we've seen humans

walking on the moon,

but will it ever be possible

for that to happen on Mars?

It might sound like an idea

for a new sci-fi movie,

but a research team have been

spending time in the Oman desert

doing experiments that could one day

make that a reality.

Sending a man on a mission to Mars

has been the Spacek Laura's ambition

for years and these researchers are

hoping to make it a reality. They're

in the Oman desert in the Middle

East, doing experiments that could

one day help humans to survive on

the red planet.

But while man? We

need a place that looks as much as

Mars as possible. And we founded

here in Oman. It's a beautiful

place, but its most of all

scientifically useful place, and

operationally useful.

Although still

a distant dream, it felt a little

bit closer on Tuesday when this

company successfully launched the

world's most powerful rocket while

getting there is when macro

challenge but astronauts will also

be able to need to survive on Mars.

That's why these experiments are so

crucial.

Once we will go to Mars and

we will stay on Mars. We will have

to use the resources we find on

Mars, because we cannot bring

everything from Earth. That is

called in situ resource utilisation

so we have to use the things we find

there. First of all to sustain life

there, to sustain missions there and

then in the longer run, for other

things.

This vast desert is the

perfect spot to carry out tests like

growing vegetables and trying out

the bulky spacesuits. Who knows,

when macro J similar scenes could be

taking place on Mars.

taking place on Mars.

Now what do you get

if you have a sleepy kangaroo,

some partying astronauts

and a really long zipwire?

Strange, Stranger,

Strangest, of course!

This has to be one of

the cutest kangaroos ever.

When he gets tired, instead

of hopping into his mum's pouch,

he lands in a pillow case!

He's being looked after at

the kangaroo sanctuary

in Alice Springs in Australia

and what's even stranger,

he's called Bradley.

Oh, doesn't he look comfy?

Now we're raving about this party.

They're on a special plane

which is normally used

by astronauts to see how it feels

being weightless in space.

But instead, these guys

have a 90-minute party,

complete with flashing

lights and DJs.

Who needs dancing

when you can float?

And if you're afraid of heights,

well, look away now.

This is the longest

zip wire in the world.

It's a record-breaking 2.8

kilometres - that's longer

than 28 football pitches.

It's in the United Arab Emirates

in the Middle East and starts

on the mountains before plunging

down through the hills.

You go at over 90 mph.

That's even faster than you're

allowed to go on a motorway.

I think you'd have to be pretty

strange to wanted to go on it.

I'd be way too scared!

That's all from the Newsround team

for now - we're back with your last

hit of news just before 2.15pm.