:00:00. > :00:00.It's coming up to 8:17 this Monday morning,
:00:07. > :00:08.you're live on CBBC with Newsround, I'm Ricky.
:00:09. > :00:12.Coming up: British astronaut Tim Peake
:00:13. > :00:15.explains just how you use the loo in space.
:00:16. > :00:34.First, a massive parade of Great Britain's Olympic
:00:35. > :00:37.and Paralympic heroes is happening today in Manchester.
:00:38. > :00:41.Loads of Rio 2016's stars are here in MediaCityUK today,
:00:42. > :00:43.ahead of this afternoon's celebration through
:00:44. > :00:47.the city's streets, before another parade in London tomorrow.
:00:48. > :00:52.More than 150,000 people are expected to come out to watch,
:00:53. > :00:56.and Paralympic swimming star Ellie Simmonds can't wait.
:00:57. > :00:59.I'm very lucky that I've been able to go to three
:01:00. > :01:01.after Beijing, and after London, and after Rio now,
:01:02. > :01:06.and to come here today in Manchester and then London tomorrow
:01:07. > :01:09.to thank the people that supported us through the summer
:01:10. > :01:16.of the Olympics and Paralympics is going to be exciting.
:01:17. > :01:19.Here's a quick reminder of what makes them so great.
:01:20. > :01:22.It was a massive summer for our Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
:01:23. > :01:25.Years of training paid off, and they smashed it.
:01:26. > :01:30.where Adam Peaty got the first gold for Team GB.
:01:31. > :01:34.Gymnast Max Whitlock brought home not one but two gold medals,
:01:35. > :01:37.six golds were won in the velodrome, with Laura Trott leading the way,
:01:38. > :01:43.Mo Farah got the double double, Nicola Adams defended her title,
:01:44. > :01:48.and the hockey team battled their way into the record books.
:01:49. > :01:51.Team GB had aced it to second place in the medal table,
:01:52. > :01:54.From day one at the Paralympic Games,
:01:55. > :02:00.Kadeena Cox got not one but two golds in two sports.
:02:01. > :02:06.stormed to victory in the S6 50m butterfly.
:02:07. > :02:09.Jonnie Peacock held on to his T44 100m title,
:02:10. > :02:13.and Hannah Cockroft added three goals to the tally.
:02:14. > :02:16.And, of course, cyclist Dame Sarah Storey became
:02:17. > :02:19.the most successful British female Paralympian ever,
:02:20. > :02:25.ParalympicsGB newly doubled the goals won four years ago
:02:26. > :02:28.and also finished second in the medal table.
:02:29. > :02:39.and Jenny will be live from there for Newsround at 4:20.
:02:40. > :02:42.Moving on to these incredible pictures of a Chinese space rocket
:02:43. > :02:44.blasting off from the Gobi Desert in east Asia.
:02:45. > :02:47.It's sending two astronauts to China's new space station.
:02:48. > :02:52.They'll spend a month carrying out different experiments.
:02:53. > :02:54.Now someone who knows just what it's like to be in space
:02:55. > :02:57.is this guy, British astronaut Tim Peake.
:02:58. > :03:00.He's been travelling the country meeting children
:03:01. > :03:02.since returning from the International Space Station.
:03:03. > :03:05.This weekend, he met with Jenny here at Newsround HQ
:03:06. > :03:12.After six months floating in space, Major Tim Peake landed
:03:13. > :03:15.at Newsround HQ to a reception that was out of this world.
:03:16. > :03:17.Olivia, who is nine, from Leicester, wants to know,
:03:18. > :03:23.what does it feel like to be able to float around?
:03:24. > :03:24.Yeah, floating in space is really liberating,
:03:25. > :03:28.When you first start, you're not very good at it,
:03:29. > :03:30.and your legs and arms are flailing everywhere,
:03:31. > :03:34.When you get used to it, you can just push off with one finger
:03:35. > :03:41.and float down the other end of the space station, it's great fun.
:03:42. > :03:43.This next one you've already spoken about it a little bit,
:03:44. > :03:46.but it's something that pretty much everyone wants to know -
:03:47. > :03:51.and how did you get rid of the waste from the ISS?
:03:52. > :03:54.It's a big one, it is a big one. Yeah, important question.
:03:55. > :03:56.Right, so in space, to keep everything under control,
:03:57. > :03:58.you must have airflow, airflow is the key,
:03:59. > :04:00.so you have a little vacuum pump to the loo,
:04:01. > :04:03.and that creates the suction so you can pee into the tube,
:04:04. > :04:05.and it keeps everything going in the right direction.
:04:06. > :04:08.And the important thing is, when you've finished peeing,
:04:09. > :04:11.you keep the pump running for at least 30 seconds,
:04:12. > :04:14.because otherwise, if you switch it off too soon, then it has not
:04:15. > :04:32.We've got some questions from these guys, bear with us one moment.
:04:33. > :04:36.Actually, I took a teddy, I've got two young boys,
:04:37. > :04:39.so I took a small teddy in for each of them,
:04:40. > :04:41.and my excuse was it was for my two small boys,
:04:42. > :04:43.but I had them every night with me so...!
:04:44. > :04:46.You've got one too. Do you think aliens really exist?
:04:47. > :04:47.Of course they exist! Yes, absolutely.
:04:48. > :04:49.I think we are actually fairly close
:04:50. > :04:51.to finding evidence of life, past life, on Mars,
:04:52. > :04:53.that's certainly what we are searching for, robotic vehicles.
:04:54. > :04:57.little green men running around, well, who knows?
:04:58. > :04:59.The universe is an extremely large place, and there is
:05:00. > :05:11.a huge probability that there is intelligent life out there.
:05:12. > :05:13.From intelligent life to wildlife, a rhino that got stuck
:05:14. > :05:16.in a tyre has been rescued in Zimbabwe, in southern Africa.
:05:17. > :05:19.The animal managed to get his snout trapped,
:05:20. > :05:26.When it became clear he couldn't free himself, vets stepped in
:05:27. > :05:31.and gave him some medicine, so they were able to get it off.
:05:32. > :05:35.millions of people in the US will vote for a new President.
:05:36. > :05:38.And we've got a team in the US right now who are waiting
:05:39. > :05:42.for your questions to put to children in America.
:05:43. > :05:44.If you're interested in the big vote,
:05:45. > :05:47.or even if you want to find out how Americans celebrate Halloween,
:05:48. > :05:50.get those questions into Newsround online right now.
:05:51. > :05:55.That's all from me, Newsround's back on CBBC this afternoon at 4:20,
:05:56. > :05:59.when we'll be live from the Olympic and Paralympic parade.