This week on Space Race, we look at the current state of space junk in low Earth orbit

A failed Angara rocket launch has re entered the atmosphere, not causing any harm by burning up over an empty section of the Pacific Ocean .

A new reusable space plane design from Sierra rocket startup Firefly run into trouble with the US government.

The European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are moving to tackle this threat in a much more timely manner.

Sierra Space is at CES 2022 showing off the company's Dream Chaser space plane and life habitat.

Sierra Space will be essential to the planned Orbital Reef Space station, a collaboration between Sierra Space , Blue Origin , Boeing and others.

Firefly Aerospace is pausing operations for its next Alpha rocket launch, which was originally scheduled for early 2022 .

This comes after the US government asked Firefly 's largest shareholder to divest their ownership in the company.

The Rosen Law Firm , a global investor rights law firm, has opened an investigation into Astra space based on the allegations outlined in the Carrisdale Capital report.

Astra 's forecast calls for 300 launches per year by 2025 , a whopping 10 times more than SpaceX achieved in 2021 .

The Federal Aviation Administration announced on December 28th, 2021 that the final programmatic environmental assessment for the SpaceX Star Base orbital launch facility has been delayed until February 28, 2022 .