Dirk Frimout

The Viscount Frimout
Born (1941-03-21) 21 March 1941 (age 83)
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 an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency. He flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-45 as a payload specialist,[1] making him the first Belgian in space.[2]

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