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 ...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Strauss' "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 ...

Like no other waltz by Strauss junior, “The Blue Danube” evokes the elegance of 19th-century imperial Vienna, which lives on in the city’s roaring ball season.

The waltz has been associated with space travel since its inclusion in the film 2001: ... The "Blue Danube" broadcast is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the ESA's creation, ...

A performance of the masterpiece will be transmitted into space on Saturday. The waltz has been associated with space travel since its inclusion in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The European Space Agency will beam the famous 'Blue Danube' waltz into space. Johann Strauss II's popular orchestral piece "By the Beautiful Blue Danube" has been inextricably linked to space ...

Johann Strauss II's popular orchestral piece "By the Beautiful Blue Danube" has been inextricably linked to space since it was used in the 1968 classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The waltz played ...