Israel’s SpaceIL is a stage nearer its goal of becoming the first privately funded mission to the Moon and winning the $20 million Google Lunar XPRIZE. SpaceIL has booked a place on a SpaceX rocket due for launch in the second half of 2017. 16 teams remain from the original 34.

http://www.israel21c.org/spaceil-is-1st-google-lunar-xprize-team-to-book-ride-to-moon/

http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/7/9466011/spacex-falcon-9-moon-lander-google-lunar-xprize-spaceil

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Lunar_X_Prize http://time.com/4063420/moon-israel-google-xprize/