Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1992.
1Flight
8d 22hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
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.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Poperinge
- Education
- Ghent University; University of Colorado
- Awards
- Honorary doctor of the University of Liège; Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-45March 24, 1992
Born 1941-03-21 · age 85