Looks like Europe will be going to the moon this July. According to this BBC article, an Ariane rocket will propel a spacecraft to space that will use an ion-thruster to make a long spiral-y trip to the moon. A spectrometer onboard will take measurements of the element composition of the moon to try to determine how the moon came about.

I’m glad that someone is interested in doing research on the moon still.. it’s a shame that the US isn’t really involved in any moon projects. It would be a good testbed for future trips planned to Mars, I think.