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Austrian composer Johann Strauss II's "The Blue Danube" has, for many people, been synonymous with space travel since it was ...
The Vienna Symphony Orchestra has broadcast Strauss II’s famous waltz ‘The Beautiful Blue Danube’ into space, in celebration of the composer’s 200th anniversary. Johann Strauss II’s most famous piece, ...
European Space Agency Transmits Strauss’s ‘Blue Danube’ to NASA’s Twin Voyagers - A Concert in Space For decades, music has ...
To celebrate the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II, the Vienna Tourist Board, in collaboration with Jung von Matt DONAU, ...
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 (ESA) beamed Strauss’s The Blue Danube into deep space as a musical message to aliens.
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VIENNA, Austria — 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 ...
The recent performance, organized by Vienna Symphony Orchestra director Jan Nast, was aimed at correcting the composition's ...
It's part of the yearlong celebration marking the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II, who was born in Vienna in 1825. The Strauss space send-off also honors the 50th anniversary of ESA's founding.
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".