Tuesday's collision is the latest in a series of satellite woes in recent weeks ... covering space industry and policy news from 2008 to 2009. Becky earned a bachelor's degree in English ...

Last week's collision between U.S. and Russian space satellites has prompted questions over who is at fault while highlighting the need for stronger international regulation of space debris ...

The incident is believed to be the first in-orbit collision involving a commercial satellite. The satellites smashed together just before noon Eastern Standard Time about 500 miles above Siberia.

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN)-- Two satellites, one Russian and one American, have collided some 800 kilometers (500 miles) above Siberia, the Russian and U.S. space agencies, said Thursday. The collision ...

For the first time, two speeding satellites collide in orbit. Feb. 12, 2009— -- When two satellites crashed in space Wednesday, it was unprecedented -- the largest orbital collision yet ...

OK, so last night I posted about satellites that collided in orbit. I mentioned that the energy created in the collision was about the same as detonating a ton of TNT. I got asked how I did that math.

Bill Radke: Commercial satellite companies are assessing the impact of a collision in space earlier this week. An American communications satellite was destroyed when it ran into a Russian craft.

Satellite collision highlights the danger of space junk to precious gear. Feb. 13, 2009— -- The already hobbled Hubble Space Telescope could be further harmed by space debris from Wednesday's ...

The first problem is that the unused satellites are just sitting there. If they were to stay in orbit, they must move. Maybe the WALL-E creators are sticking with the no air means no gravity idea.

In 2009, nearly 500 miles above Siberia, two satellites collided at some 22,300 mph, bursting into a cloud of thousands of pieces of debris. The culprits of this high-speed accident were the ...

In fact, one such collision has already taken place. According to COMSPOC's recent analysis, the infamous 2009 crash between the U.S. commercial communication satellite Iridium 33 and Russia's ...