The tourist board in Vienna, where Strauss was born on Oct. 25, 1825, said it aims to correct this "cosmic mistake" by ...

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

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

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

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 used in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi film classic "2001: A Space Odyssey".

Saturday's celestial concert salutes ESA's 50th anniversary and 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II. With its sweeping tempo and ethereal melody, Austrian composer Johann Strauss II's "The Blue ...

Johann Strauss II’s iconic orchestral waltz The Blue Danube, once the sonic backdrop for both Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and the Netflix megahit Squid Game, is about to reach its ...

The late astronomer Carl Sagan led the committee that chose Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Stravinsky pieces, along with modern and Indigenous selections.Among those skipped was Johann Strauss II ...