SpaceX Just Launched Israel's Lunar Lander off to the Moon

The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet launched this evening on a trip to the moon, where it hopes to touch down in two months. This will be the first attempt at a lunar landing by a private company, and it's also the first launch by an Israeli spacecraft. Beresheet took off from from Cape Canaveral on one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets at 8:45 Eastern time tonight.An hour after launch, Beresheet's engineers reported that the spacecraft had deployed its landing legs as expected, and was sending