Claim: Apollo 11 was launched from Merritt Island, Florida on July 16, 1959.
Evidence: 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.
The Saturn V -LRB- spoken as `` Saturn five '' -RRB- was an American human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973.