Israel’s first lunar spacecraft, Beresheet, blasts off - analysis
Israel is only the fourth country after the US, the former Soviet Union and China to embark on a mission to the moon.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Israel's first spacecraft designed to land on the moon lifts off on the first privately-funded lunar mission at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida(photo credit: JOE SKIPPER/REUTERS)
