The digitised sound will be transmitted to the large 35-metre satellite dish at ESA's Cebreros ground station in Spain.

With its sweeping tempo and ethereal melody, Austrian composer Johann Strauss II's "The Blue Danube" waltz has become ...

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

Voyager 1 will be the guest of honor at what may be the most exclusive concert in history. To mark the 200th birthday of ...

and the Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra), Vienna will launch Johann Strauss II's "The Blue Danube" waltz towards NASA's Voyager 1. This interstellar broadcast is part of a larger ...

A classical masterpiece with deep ties to spaceflight pop culture will finally reach the stars next week when the European ...

Embodying the often playful nature of humanity's relation with space and our exploration of it, the Blue Danube will be beamed into space.

and the Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra), Vienna will launch Johann Strauss II's "The Blue Danube" waltz towards NASA's Voyager 1. This interstellar broadcast is part of a larger ...

Johann Strauss’ “Blue Danube” will be beamed into space this month to commemorate the Austrian composer’s 200th birthday — ...

Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth.

Why do so many young Austrians learn how to waltz and long to be debutantes at the Vienna Opera Ball? DW steps into the world of the Viennese waltz.The waltz was based on the Ländler, a folk ...