CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—An Israeli spacecraft rocketed toward the moon for the country’s first attempted lunar landing, following a launch Feb. 21 night by SpaceX.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with Israel's Lunar Lander and an Indonesian communications satellite at space launch complex 40, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Feb. 21, 2019. Terry Renna/AP Photo
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