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By Lorraine Lorenzo - February 21, 2019

SpaceX is set to launch the first privately funded mission to land on the Moon on Thursday, at 8:45 p.m. EST at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Elon Musk's space agency will be launching the Israeli robotic lunar lander, Beresheet, 30 minutes after the takeoff of its Falcon 9 rocket.

You can watch the live streaming of the SpaceX Falcon 9's launch of the Israeli Moon lander here.

Beresheet is the first Israeli lunar aircraft that was created through a joint venture of non-profit company SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries, the country's largest aerospace and defense company.

Read More: International Business Times

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