Except they seem to be going the wrong direction:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/32368051@N08/46275964565/in/photostream/
From what the article says, it seems that the American Falcon 9 rocket will launch with a cargo of three different satellites/spacecrafts attached to it, which includes:
1) a communications satellite for Indonesia
2) a U.S.A.F. research spacecraft, for a one year mission around the earth
3) an Israeli privately-funded lunar lander spacecraft, called Beresheet, which is about the size of a washing machine.
The article states:
"The four-legged Beresheet, barely the size of a washing machine, will circle the earth in even bigger loops until it's captured by lunar gravity and goes into orbit around the moon. Touchdown would be April 11 at the Sea of Serenity."
So the little Israeli spacecraft will supposedly be picked up by the moon's gravity, and will then be landed on the moon with no power of it's own? How can a little craft be landed on the moon's surface without any power source (combustion or electricity?). Maybe I'm missing something.