The first privately financed mission to the Moon has lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
The Israeli robot was put on a path to the lunar body by a Falcon rocket a trip that will take two months.
‘Beresheet’, as it’s known, will try to land on the lunar surface, take some pictures and conduct some experiments.
Many have described it as a challenging prospect.
Only government space agencies from the US, Russia and China have previously managed soft touchdowns.