:00:00. > :00:07.I'm Jenny, live with all the top stories this Wednesday.
:00:08. > :00:13.Nasa launches a super balloon to the edge of space.
:00:14. > :00:17.The meteor caught on camera, and the man cresting the waves
:00:18. > :00:29.and wowing the crowds with this amazing surf stunt.
:00:30. > :00:33.First up, today the Queen has given an important speech in Parliament.
:00:34. > :00:36.It's a yearly tradition for her to announce what the government
:00:37. > :00:41.The speech included plans to make sure everyone has a fast
:00:42. > :00:44.internet connection, and ways to encourage investment
:00:45. > :00:46.in new technologies, like driverless cars
:00:47. > :00:56.And to find out more about the tradition of the queen's
:00:57. > :00:58.speech, go online - you can also find out
:00:59. > :01:00.what makes a good location for a space port
:01:01. > :01:03.and how magnets could change the way we travel in the future.
:01:04. > :01:06.The International Space Station has been circling our planet since 1998.
:01:07. > :01:08.This week it achieved a truly epic milestone.
:01:09. > :01:13.The International Space Station has passed its 100,000th
:01:14. > :01:24.It's travelled more than 2.6 billion miles.
:01:25. > :01:29.That's about the same distance as ten trips from Earth to Mars.
:01:30. > :01:33.The ISS is home to six people, who circle the Earth every 90
:01:34. > :01:35.minutes, and get to enjoy a spectacular sunrise
:01:36. > :01:46.And it's been part of 1,922 scientific investigations.
:01:47. > :01:49.It's been 15 and a half years of continuous human presence
:01:50. > :01:54.Over 220 astronauts and cosmonauts from 18 different countries have
:01:55. > :02:01.The Space Station travels at around five miles per second,
:02:02. > :02:06.Pretty fast for something that's 357 feet long.
:02:07. > :02:10.That's about the same length as a football pitch.
:02:11. > :02:14.The ISS probably won't reach 200,000 orbits before it's retired,
:02:15. > :02:19.but for now, this spacecraft has some more cruising to do.
:02:20. > :02:23.It's a tribute to the teams that designed it, that put it together;
:02:24. > :02:27.the programmes that keep us flying safe.
:02:28. > :02:35.Sticking with space, and Nasa have successfully launched
:02:36. > :02:38.a super pressure balloon, from New Zealand.
:02:39. > :02:42.532,000 cubic metres, and will carry out
:02:43. > :02:48.Scientists say the balloon will circle the globe once
:02:49. > :02:50.every one to three weeks, and will even be visible
:02:51. > :03:02.The aim is for it to stay in the air for more than 100 days.
:03:03. > :03:11.It is almost a textbook launch. It was very nice. The winds cooperated.
:03:12. > :03:12.It blew down the runway as we expected and was spot-on.
:03:13. > :03:14.Football now and Liverpool are fighting for the Europa League
:03:15. > :03:17.They're taking on defending champions Sevilla in the final
:03:18. > :03:22.We asked Liverpool fans to tell us what a win would mean for them.
:03:23. > :03:25.I'll be really happy if Liverpool win.
:03:26. > :03:27.I think the score will be 4-1 to Liverpool.
:03:28. > :03:32.It would be an awesome win and I think they'll
:03:33. > :03:37.And Class 6 at St William of York Catholic Primary School
:03:38. > :03:39.sent in their thoughts, here's a couple.
:03:40. > :03:41.Paige says, It would mean the world to me
:03:42. > :03:46.and Frankie would be willing to redo SATs if it meant
:03:47. > :03:51.Thanks so much for all those comments.
:03:52. > :03:53.Next, they're loud, they're large and living in people's back gardens.
:03:54. > :03:58.These peacocks are on the the move in Suffolk
:03:59. > :04:01.The birds have damaged plants, cars and woken people up
:04:02. > :04:06.No one seems to know where they came from.
:04:07. > :04:09.A local farmer has offered to take them in, but catching the peacocks
:04:10. > :04:14.to re-home them is proving to be very difficult.
:04:15. > :04:16.A US police sergeant looking for speeders captured something
:04:17. > :04:22.What looked like a giant fireball streaking
:04:23. > :04:25.across the sky was caught on Sargent Tim Farris'
:04:26. > :04:31.The bright flash was seen from several states and is thought
:04:32. > :04:34.to have been left by a meteor burning up as it passed
:04:35. > :04:40.Next up, to the coolest surfer around and the trickiest of tricks?
:04:41. > :04:44.22-year-old former world champion Gabriel Medina wowed judges
:04:45. > :04:51.by doing - watch this - a backflip whilst competing in the Oi Rio Pro
:04:52. > :04:58.It's the first time a surfer has ever landed a backflip in a
:04:59. > :05:02.That's all from the team today, but Newsround's back,