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First Belgian in Space

Name: First Belgian in Space – Belgium factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Belgium · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1992

Dirk Frimout24 March 1992

Kennedy Space Center · Science / Astronomy

Launches aboard Atlantis as the first Belgian astronaut.

Names involved

Dirk Frimout

Provenance

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