Dirk Frimout
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Dirk Dries David Damiaan, Viscount Frimout 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 Bel
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A payload specialist is an individual selected and trained by commercial or research organizations for flights of a specific payload on a crewed spacecraft mission. People assigned as payload speciali
Dirk Frimout
…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. Elementary School at Poperinge. Secondary School at Koninklijk Technisch Atheneum (K.T.A) at Ghent, Belgium…
Ukrainian astronaut Leonid Kadenyuk seen with a badge of payload specialist on the left side of his chest