Strauss’ “Blue Danube” is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the waltz king's birth. The classical piece will be beamed into the cosmos as it's performed by the ...

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 be beamed into the cosmos ...

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

Strauss’ “Blue Danube” is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the waltz king’s birth. The classical piece will be beamed into the cosmos as it’s performed by ...

Strauss’ ‘Blue Danube’ waltz is launching into space to mark his 200th birthday By: Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press Posted: 8:01 AM CDT Sunday, May. 25, 2025 Last Modified: 8:14 AM CDT ...

A performance of the masterpiece will be transmitted into space on Saturday. The waltz has been associated with space travel since its inclusion in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Think your favorite music is out of this world? Classical music lovers gathered as Johann Strauss II’s masterpiece “The Blue Danube Waltz” was sent into space.

The music will be moving so quickly that it will overtake the probe, which was launched in 1977 and left the solar system in 2012, in just 23 hours.