In a unique tribute, ESA transmitted the Blue Danube Waltz into deep space to celebrate its 50th anniversary, merging art and ...

I wrote this column Mar. 15, 1995, when the Trump-like speaker of the House, Georgian Newt Gingrich, was threatening to ...

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 ...

Birthdays for ESA (50) and Johann Strauss (200) marked with music of the spheres What did you do on Saturday? We ask because ...

Austrian composer Johann Strauss II's "The Blue Danube" has, for many people, been synonymous with space travel since it was ...

All year round, in restaurants, shops, and hotels, there is no escaping The Blue Danube waltz. It is the most famous waltz ever written – actually not one waltz but a chain of five interlinked waltz ...

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

This undated photo released by the European Space Agency shows the 35 meter-diameter deep-space dish antenna, DSA-2, in Cebreros, Spain, receiving the first signals from Venus Express. (ESA via AP) ...

(ESA via AP) (Uncredited) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Strauss’ “Blue Danube” is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the waltz king's birth. The classical piece will ...