The tourist board in Vienna, where Strauss was born on Oct. 25, 1825, said it aims to correct this "cosmic mistake" by ...

European Space Agency Transmits Strauss’s ‘Blue Danube’ to NASA’s Twin Voyagers - A Concert in Space For decades, music has ...

The Vienna Symphony Orchestra has broadcast Strauss II’s famous waltz ‘The Beautiful Blue Danube’ into space, in celebration of the composer’s 200th anniversary. Johann Strauss II’s most famous piece, ...

The digitised sound will be transmitted to the large 35-metre satellite dish at ESA's Cebreros ground station in Spain.

Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth.

Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz has finally made it into space, nearly a half-century after missing a ride on NASA's Voyagers ...

Austrian composer Johann Strauss II's "The Blue Danube" has, for many people, been synonymous with space travel since it was ...

Saturday's celestial concert salutes ESA's 50th anniversary and 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II. With its sweeping tempo and ethereal melody, Austrian composer Johann Strauss II's "The Blue ...

Austrian composer Johann Strauss II's "The Blue Danube" has, for many people, been synonymous with space travel since it was used in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci‑fi classic "2001: A Space Odyssey".

This year, the city celebrates 200 years since the birth of its ‘Waltz King’, Johann Strauss II, best known for Vienna’s unofficial anthem, The Blue Danube. ‘Hedoism set to music ...