Dirk Frimout

The Viscount Frimout
Born (1941-03-21) 21 March 1941
Poperinge, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
OccupationAstrophysicist
Space career
ESA Payload Specialist
Time in space
8d 22h 09m
MissionsSTS-45
Mission insignia

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

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