Apollo 11 was launched from Merritt Island, Florida on July 16, 1959.
Apollo 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island , Florida , on July 16 , and was the fifth manned mission of NASA 's Apollo program .	NASA	NASA	Saturn V	Saturn V	Kennedy	Kennedy Space Center	Apollo program	Apollo program	Kennedy Space Center	Kennedy Space Center
The Saturn V -LRB- spoken as `` Saturn five '' -RRB- was an American human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973 .	Saturn	Saturn (rocket family)	human-rated	Human-rating certification	expendable	expendable launch system	rocket	rocket	NASA	NASA
