Dirk Frimout

Tags: Astronaut.

Dirk Dries David Damiaan Viscount Frimout (born 21 March 1941 in Poperinge Belgium) is an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency. He flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mision STS-45 as a payload specialist making him the first Belgian in space.

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time in space (μ)

770940.0

birth date

1941-03-21

birth place

Belgium, Poperinge

mission

STS-45

nationality

Belgium

occupation

Astrophysics

type

European Space Agency