"After leaving Earth on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in February, Israel's Beresheet spacecraft is about to become the first privately-funded mission to land on the Moon… Once the four-legged spacecraft lands on the lunar surface, it will survive for a 'few' days before it is 'burnt out' by the sun’s glare. Its aim is to study the Moon’s iron core… This mission was an entry to Google’s Lunar X Prize, held in 2007 and 2008."

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/how-to-watch-israel-moon-landing-beresheet