South Korea's first space rocket lifted off Tuesday but failed to put a satellite in the correct orbit prompting officials to declare the mission partially successful.

The Korea Space Launch Vehicle 1 blasted off at the Naro Space Center at 5 p.m. Science and technology minister Ahn Byong-Man later told reporters the 220-pound home-made scientific research satellite was In the wrong orbit 225 miles above Earth.

An Ariane 5 rocket Wednesday afternoon put into orbit a commercial telecommunications satellite touted as being the world's biggest.

The TerreStar 1, weighing about 15,000 pounds, was the only cargo aboard the rocket that is capable of carrying double payloads.

A pilot buried his badly injured companion in sand with his head out so he would not freeze to death after their helicopter crashed in crocodile-infested mudflats in northern Australia Sunday.

Rescuers were surprised to find the injured man buried in the sand up to his neck upon arriving in Dundee Beach, Northern Territory. But an official of CareFlight, the medical rescue helicopter team, said the man may not have survived the cold night had he been exposed and praised the pilot for burying him in sand.

Angelina Jolie is the most powerful celebrity in the world. The 34-year-old actress topped the annual poll by Forbes magazine, knocking U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey - who has held the top spot for the past two years - into second place.

Explaining that the magazine took into account earnings as well as fame, Forbes senior editor Matthew Miller said: "In addition to nearly doubling her earnings in the past year, from $15 million to $27 million, Angelina Jolie is the most famous star on the planet."

What can best be described as group spying has resulted in one of the world's most complete maps of one of the world's most secretive countries, North Korea.

The map, a project of Google Earth, reveals hundreds of sites rarely if ever seen by Westerners. Those include markets, manufacturing plants, prisons, anti-aircraft locations, military bases, and even the seaside homes of political leaders.