Indeed history.. Amazing news. The 4th country to do that ever.. While Arabs moan... the tiny Jewish state does wonderful things.. Bravo.
Israel is landing rockets on the moon. Palestine is shooting rockets at Jews. No wonder the left favors Palestine. Go figure!
It was a private venture. The country did not participate. It got to lunar orbit, but failed on landing. Great story. It started with 3 guys in a pub 10 years ago.
I'll give you this much -- you're still doing better than Russia has been doing with deep space exploration since the fall of the USSR.