The European Space Agency (ESA) beamed Strauss’s The Blue Danube into deep space as a musical message to aliens.

The recent performance, organized by Vienna Symphony Orchestra director Jan Nast, was aimed at correcting the composition's omission on the Voyager Golden Record, which included Bach's Brandenburg ...

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 ...

If you feel sorry for shop assistants forced from November onwards to listen to Christmas music, spare a thought for the citizens of Vienna. All year round, in restaurants, shops, and hotels, there is ...

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