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Israel's first lunar lander launched into space from FloridaJoey RouletteCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - 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 achieve a controlled touchdown on the moon’s surface.The unmanned robotic lander dubbed Beresheet - Hebrew for the biblical phrase “in the beginning†- soared into space from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at about 8:45 p.m. EST (0145 GMT Friday) atop the 23-story-tall rocket.Beresheet, about the size of a dish-washing machine, was one of three sets of cargo carried aloft by the Falcon 9, part of the private rocket fleet of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s California-based company SpaceX. Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-moon-israel/israels-first-lunar-lander-launched-into-space-from-florida-idUSKCN1QA2V9
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