space By zachneitzke Dec 7, 1941 ww2 Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Dec 31, 2014 space Nov 3, 1957 first dog in space Apr 12, 1961 first man to be in space ussr Apr 24, 1967 Parachute failure crash ussr death Jul 20, 1969 first man on the moon usa Dec 7, 1972 last flight to moon Apr 20, 1990 hubble is in space