
Dirk Frimout
Status: Retired
3/21/1941 –
Nationality: Belgian
Type: Government
First Flight: 3/24/1992
Last Flight: 3/24/1992
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.