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".

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 Vienna ...

The best thing about a live recording is that it captures music made in the moment at a particular time and place. Indeed, when Italian pianist, Enrico Pieranunzi and Danish bassist, Thomas Fonnesbæk ...

For the first time, the Blue Danube Waltz will be deliberately sent into space. A correction of a “cosmic error,” as Vienna Tourism Director Norbert Kettner calls it. As part of the Strauss Festival ...

Everything I Love; Blue Waltz; Come Rose Dai Muri; Molto Ancora (Per Luca Flores); All the Things You Are; First Impression Last; Miradas; Si Peu De Temps; Tales from the Unexpected; Wimp.

To mark the 200th birthday of Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, the country is sending his iconic waltz, The Blue Danube, into space - decades after it was left off the Voyager Golden Record.