SpaceX rocket blasts off carrying Israeli lunar lander

Thursday, February 21, 2019 - 23:30 in Astronomy & Space

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Thursday night carrying Israel's first lunar lander on a mission that, if successful, will make the Jewish state only the fourth nation to ever to achieve a controlled touchdown on the moon's surface.

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