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

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

Vienna to beams Strauss's Blue Danube waltz into space to mark his 200th birthday ...

And from there, the waltz will be "transmitted in the form of electromagnetic waves", the Austrian astronomer said. "The Blue Danube" evokes the elegance of 19th‑century Vienna, which lives on ...

Now "The Blue Danube" waltz with its whirling orbital rhythms ... Performed by the Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra), this definitive anthem of space and sci-fi will be transmitted ...

Typical of space’ – 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.