The "Blue Danube" broadcast is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the ESA's creation, as well as 200 years since Strauss' birth. The waltz was notably absent when NASA launched 27 pieces of music ...

Strauss recalled a poem by Karl Isidor Beck (1817-79). Each stanza ends with the line: ‘By the Danube, beautiful blue Danube’. It gave him the inspiration and the title for his new work – although the ...

Johann Strauss’ “Blue Danube” will be beamed into space this month to commemorate the Austrian composer’s 200th birthday — and to correct the “cosmic mistake” of being left out of ...

ESA’s big radio antenna in Spain, part of the space agency’s deep-space network, will do the honors. The dish will be pointed in the direction of Voyager 1 so the “Blue Danube” heads that way. “Music ...

Born 200 years ago, we explore the hypnotic and seductive qualities of Johann Strauss II’s music, and what allows 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 film classic "2001: A Space Odyssey".

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Strauss’ “Blue Danube” is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the waltz king's birth.

Johann Strauss’ “Blue Danube” will be beamed into space this month to commemorate the Austrian composer’s 200th birthday — and to correct the “cosmic mistake” of being left out of ...

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 film classic "2001: A ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Strauss’ “Blue Danube” is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the waltz king's birth.