<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Vanguard" id="mwtg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Project Vanguard">Project Vanguard</a>: A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_pad" id="mwtw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Launch pad">launchpad</a> explosion of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_TV3" id="mwuA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vanguard TV3">Vanguard TV3</a> thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite" id="mwuQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Satellite">satellite</a> into Earth orbit.<sup about="#mwt61" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_6#cite_note-9" id="mwug" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwuw">[9]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"><cite about="#mwt58" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFBurgessHall2009">Burgess, Colin; Hall, Rex (2009). <i id="mwBxE">The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact</i>. Berlin: Springer. pp.<span id="mwBxI" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>8–9. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBxM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBxQ" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9780387848235" id="mwBxU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9780387848235"><bdi id="mwBxY">9780387848235</bdi></a>. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./LCCN_(identifier)" id="mwBxc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a><span id="mwBxg" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008935694" id="mwBxk" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">2008935694</a>.</cite><span about="#mwt58" class="Z3988" id="mwBxo" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+First+Soviet+Cosmonaut+Team%3A+Their+Lives%2C+Legacy%2C+and+Historical+Impact&amp;rft.place=Berlin&amp;rft.pages=8-9&amp;rft.pub=Springer&amp;rft.date=2009&amp;rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F2008935694&amp;rft.isbn=9780387848235&amp;rft.aulast=Burgess&amp;rft.aufirst=Colin&amp;rft.au=Hall%2C+Rex&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+6"></span></span>