It blasted off aboard a SpaceX rocket at 8:45 Thursday night.
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A nonprofit Israeli group is behind the launch. They named the lander Beresheet, like the Book of Genesis.
It's not expected to get there until April 11.
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If successful, Israel would make history as the fourth country to land on the moon.
As for the SpaceX rocket, part of it returned to Earth and landed dead center on a drone ship at sea.
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