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

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, ...

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

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 ...

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 has finally made it into space, nearly a half-century after missing a ride on NASA's Voyagers ...

Two years later Maria divorced her husband and became young Johann’s manager. The father-son rivalry only intensified, and Strauss senior would boycott any venue that booked his son. The ...

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 ...

To celebrate the 200th birthday of Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, his famous waltz The Blue Danube will be transmitted into space on May 31, 2025. The piece, performed by the Vienna Symphony ...

Johann Strauss II’s iconic orchestral waltz The Blue Danube, once the sonic backdrop for both Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and the Netflix megahit Squid Game, is about to reach its ...

Johann Strauss II's "Blue Danube" is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the waltz king's birth. The classical piece will be beamed into the cosmos as it's performed by ...

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".