:00:11. > :00:13.Hi guys, Ricky here with your Wednesday afternoon Newsround.
:00:14. > :00:16.Fingernails are being bitten by space scientists right now,
:00:17. > :00:20.as they wait to find out if the space robot
:00:21. > :00:24.Schiaparelli has landed safely on the surface of Mars.
:00:25. > :00:28.but there's a delay before it makes contact with Earth.
:00:29. > :00:31.If all goes well, it will be the European Space Agency's first
:00:32. > :00:36.successful landing on the Red Planet after a failed attempt 13 years ago.
:00:37. > :00:40.After a journey of 500 million miles, if it works
:00:41. > :00:43.it'll kick off a mission that experts believe is our greatest
:00:44. > :00:46.chance yet of finding proof of life on Mars.
:00:47. > :00:49.So what is Schiaparelli and what it is doing?
:00:50. > :00:54.Here's five things you need to know about it.
:00:55. > :01:00.and it's on a mission to land on Mars.
:01:01. > :01:02.It's travelled 500 million kilometres over seven months
:01:03. > :01:12.It's the first European probe in 13 years to give it a go.
:01:13. > :01:14.The last one was the Beagle 2, which lost contact
:01:15. > :01:19.when it landed in 2003. Oh, dear!
:01:20. > :01:23.Schiaparelli is a fancy name for a lander, right?
:01:24. > :01:25.It's been named after an Italian astronomer called
:01:26. > :01:32.Something that's trickier than pronouncing Schiaparelli
:01:33. > :01:38.It has to travel through temperatures
:01:39. > :01:42.Then it'll use a parachute and rockets to help to slow down
:01:43. > :01:50.After the landing, the satellite that took Schiaparelli
:01:51. > :01:52.there, before separating, will study Mars'satmosphere.
:01:53. > :01:56.The Trace Gas Orbiter will look for things like methane gas,
:01:57. > :02:04.which could give clues to whether there's life on the Red Planet.
:02:05. > :02:07.One of the key jobs of this mission is to look for signs of past
:02:08. > :02:13.Last weekend, Tim Peake told Newsround he thinks intelligent life
:02:14. > :02:17.So could something be living on Mars?
:02:18. > :02:27.We asked our friendly neighbourhood space scientist, Tim O'Brien.
:02:28. > :02:33.I'm not sure about intelligent life but there could be life on Mars. The
:02:34. > :02:37.other part of the mission happening today is another spacecraft is
:02:38. > :02:42.coming into orbit around Mars designed to look for gases like
:02:43. > :02:47.methane, thought to be produced by life, maybe microbes. They may even
:02:48. > :02:51.exist now below the surface of Mars. We will keep you updated.
:02:52. > :02:55.When was the last time you saw a hedgehog?
:02:56. > :02:56.Last week? Last month?
:02:57. > :02:59.Well, research carried out by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust has
:03:00. > :03:02.found there has been a huge drop in the number
:03:03. > :03:07.Sanctuaries like this one just go to show the problems these little
:03:08. > :03:10.Anne has about 80 to 90 hedgehogs here,
:03:11. > :03:24.They come from various sources. People usually bring them to us.
:03:25. > :03:29.They have abandoned babies who have wandered off on their own and got
:03:30. > :03:36.lost. Injuries through netting. We also have the sick ones found in
:03:37. > :03:43.gardens. We try to get them to wait as soon as possible and then we
:03:44. > :03:44.release them. We have got a hole down here.
:03:45. > :03:46.Ten-year-old Daisy is one of the many people
:03:47. > :03:52.from across the UK doing their bit to help the hedgehogs.
:03:53. > :03:57.It is important to take care of hedgehogs because they are
:03:58. > :04:04.endangered and I want them to be around when I'm older. I've been
:04:05. > :04:09.making it like some work where the hedgehogs can live and stay and get
:04:10. > :04:17.some food and hibernate. For example, I have made some houses and
:04:18. > :04:23.given them water and food and worms. And my age who wants to do it, I
:04:24. > :04:24.would say, yes, they can do it, because the more help we can have
:04:25. > :04:26.the more hedgehogs there. These furry fellas are getting
:04:27. > :04:29.ready for tonight's Their owner has re-created the GBBO
:04:30. > :04:33.set especially for them, complete with teeny cake mixers
:04:34. > :04:37.and miniature cakes. Beverly Borrill has created more
:04:38. > :04:41.than 20 different hamster-size settings, including a mini
:04:42. > :04:43.ballet studio, swimming She says Strictly Come Dancing
:04:44. > :04:57.is next! Please do our studio. We are back in
:04:58. > :05:01.the morning. Goodbye.