Dirk D. Frimout

Dirk Dries David Damiaan Frimout (Ph.D.) (*March 21, 1941 in Poperinge Belgium) is a Payload Specialist and was the first Belgian in space. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Poperinge is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. ... In cargo transport, the payload is the valuable contents of the vehicle. ...

Personal Data

He is married. Two children. Hobbies include running, bicycling, walking, traveling, and chess.

Education

Elementary School at Poperinge. Secondary School at Atheneum at Ghent, Belgium. Received degree of electrotechnical engineer at State University of Ghent in 1963; a doctorate in applied physics from University of Ghent in 1970; post-doctorate at University of Colorado, Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics (ESRO fellow) in 1971-1972. Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... Secondary school may refer to Secondary school in the United Kingdom, is the general term for the schools for children between the ages of eleven and eighteen in most areas (a few areas have schools for 13-18 year olds instead, and these are called upper schools). ...

Organizations

• Associate member of the Belgian National Council for Space Research.
• Member of KVIV (Royal Association of Flemish Engineers).
• Association of Engineers from the University of Ghent.

Publications

More than 30 publications relating to Atmospheric Physics Experiments, Crew Training for Spacelab, and Microgravity Experiments.

Special Honors

• 1971-72 Postdoctoral Research Fellow from ESRO (European Space Research Organization).
• After his spaceflight, Frimout was enobled and given the title of viscount.

Experience

• 1965-78 Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy. As Head of Section Instrumentation, performed experiments with stratospheric balloons and sounding rockets.

• 1978-84 European Space Agency (ESA) as Crew Activities Coordinator and Experiment Coordinator for Spacelab-1.

• 1984-89 Microgracity Division of ESTEC, responsible for sounding rocket program, parabolic flights, experiments on EURECA, reflight of Spacelab-1 experiments.

Currently, Dr. Frimout is an ESA staff member. He is a senior engineer in the Payload Utilization Department of the Columbus Directorate, responsible for the ESA support to the European experiments on Atlas-1, and the Microgravity Measurement Assembly to be flown on D2. This article is about the European Space Agency. ...

Space Flight Experience

Dr. Frimout flew as a payload specialist on STS-45 Atlantis (March 24 to April 2, 1992). STS-45 was launched from and returned to land at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. It was the first Spacelab mission dedicated to NASA's Mission to Planet Earth. During the nine-day flight, the crew aboard Atlantis operated the twelve experiments that constituted the ATLAS-1 (Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science) cargo. ATLAS-1 obtained a vast array of detailed measurements of atmospheric chemical and physical properties, which contributed significantly to improving our understanding of our climate and atmosphere. In addition, this was the first time an artificial beam of electrons was used to stimulate a man-made auroral discharge. At mission conclusion, Dr. Frimout had traveled 3.2 million miles in 143 Earth orbits and logged over 214 hours in space. Crew Charles F. Bolden (3), Commander Brian Duffy (1), Pilot Kathryn D. Sullivan (3), Payload Commander David C. Leestma (3), Mission Specialist 2 C. Michael Foale (1), Mission Specialist 3 Byron K. Lichtenberg (2), Payload Specialist 1 Dirk D. Frimout (1), Payload Specialist 2 - Belgium Mission Parameters Mass: Orbiter landing... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 2 April is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Merritt Island and Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is the NASA space vehicle launch facility (spaceport) at Cape Canaveral on Merritt Island in Florida, United States. ... State nickname: Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Senators Bill Nelson (D) Mel Martinez (R) Official language(s) English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ... Spacelab in payload bay during STS-90 Spacelab is a microgravity laboratory flown into space on the Space Shuttle. ... NASA Logo Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...

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External link

• Spacefacts biography of Dirk Frimout