A summit of some of the world's leading authorities on the Moon is held in Dumfries and Galloway.
The south of Scotland's link to the first man on the Moon has helped bring dozens of lunar experts to Dumfries and Galloway.
Now the European Lunar Symposium is taking place in Dumfries - the first time it has been staged in Scotland. He was proud of his Scottish roots and eventually visited Langholm a few years later to see the historic heartland of his clan. "I happened to be in Dumfries delivering a lecture back in February 2020 - just before the pandemic struck," he explained.
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