Which astronaut was known as the first citizen of Italy to travel to space, Dirk Frimout or Franco Malerba?
Dirk Frimout 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 .
Dumitru Prunariu Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (] ; born 27 September 1952) is a Romanian cosmonaut. He flew in space aboard Soyuz 40 spacecraft and Salyut 6 space laboratory. He was in team with another Romanian cosmonaut called Dumitru Dediu.