SpaceX successfully launches rocket with Israel’s Beresheet craft

SpaceX Falcon launches rocket with “Beresheet” craft, as Israel aims to become the 4th country to land on the moon. A communications satellite for Indonesia is the main cargo aboard the Falcon rocket, scheduled to blast off Thursday night. But Israel’s privately funded lunar lander – a first not just for Israel but commercial space – is generating the buzz. Israel seeks to become only the fourth country to successfully land on the moon, after Russia, the U.S. and China. The spacecraft – called Beresheet,