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

Hear It On J Strauss II: The Blue Danube Among many fine accounts (including Reiner, Boskovsky and Kleiber), Karajan’s live 1987 performance at the New Year’s Day Concert in Vienna takes the palm. DG ...

The Vienna Symphony Orchestra performed the Blue Danube during the space transmission, which actually sent up a version from rehearsal. It is part of a year-long celebration marking the 200th birthday ...

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