The moon landing is scheduled for seven weeks time on April 11.

An Israeli spacecraft blasted off to the moon in an attempt to make the country’s first lunar landing, following a by SpaceX.
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A SpaceX rocket took off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on Thursday night carrying Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft, which aims to make history twice: as the first private-sector landing on the Moon, and the first from the Jewish state.

The lunar lander has blasted off to the moon in an attempt to make country’s first lunar lander along with high-flying satellites.

The start of the flight went smoothly, with the first stage entry burn completed uneventfully less than three minutes after lift-off. The Moon landing is scheduled for seven weeks’ time, on April 11.

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