The Soviet Union's October 1957 launch of the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, stunned the U.S., which reckoned it had a commanding lead in "the Space Race." ...

Their maiden launch was followed less than a month later by Sputnik II, a 500-kg capsule that carried a dog called Laika into space; including the still-attached upper stage, six tonnes went into ...

A singer-songwriter who grew up in Bray and wrote a song about Laika, the dog who went into space on board the Sputnik spacecraft in 1957, had played her song for the writer of Eurosong 2025 winner ...