'I watched Apollo 17 launch with Neil Armstrong'
Dermot Gethings was 16 when Nasa picked him to watch the Apollo 17 launch alongside Neil Armstrong.
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Gethings has continued his love of astronomy ever since.
A fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and vice chair of Preston & District Astronomical Society, he also works with the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute of the University of Central Lancashire delivering talks.
