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." ...

To mark the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II, ESA will beam a live performance of "By the Beautiful Blue Danube" to NASA's deep space probe. When Stanley Kubrick filmed the sci-fi classic 2001 ...

Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz has finally made it into space, nearly a half-century after missing a ride on NASA's Voyagers. The European Space Agency's big radio antenna in Spain beamed the ...

From ESA’s DSA 2 ground station in Cebreros, Spain, the electromagnetic signal was beamed into deep space at the speed of ...

Voyager 1 is so far away it’s practically off the map. 25 billion kilometers from Earth, no less, farther than any object ...

Among those skipped was Johann Strauss II, whose “Blue Danube” graced Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi opus “2001: A Space Odyssey.” The tourist board in Vienna, where Strauss was born on Oct. 25, 1825, ...

Among those skipped was Strauss, whose "Blue Danube" graced Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi opus "2001: A Space Odyssey." The tourist board in Vienna, where Strauss was born on Oct. 25, 1825 ...

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The Vienna Symphony Orchestra performed the Blue Danube during the space transmission, which actually sent up a version from rehearsal. It is part of a year-long celebration marking the 200th birthday ...

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This isn’t just a tribute to a beloved classical piece; it’s a corrective mission and a symbol of Europe’s artistic and ...