VIENNA – A classical masterpiece with deep ties to spaceflight pop culture will finally reach the stars next week when the European Space Agency beams a live performance of The Blue Danube Waltz by ...

The Danube is not blue, at least not in Budapest, and not so much in Vienna, where recently I spent time vacationing with my wife. It might have been blue in 1866 when Johann Strauss composed the Blue ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of the Johann Strauss monument in Vienna's Stadtpark, created by artist Edmund von Helmer. The Vienna Philharmonic is to ...

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 as it’s ...

It was the background music as Homer Simpson floated in a space capsule eating potato chips. It was terribly abused by Ferris Bueller using a synthesizer. It was the symbol of love for Charles Edward ...

Johann Strauss II's "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 ...

The warm sunshine of a late October morning was a welcome greeting as I sat in front of Prague’s Ruzyne Airport waiting for a bus to take us to a hotel. We had just completed an overnight flight from ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A classic piece of music is about to be broadcast into space at the speed of light. The classical work “By the Beautiful Blue Danube,” by Johann Strauss II, will be broadcast into ...

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 as it's ...

Why the waltz? What gives with this senescent New Year's tradition of still waltzing 200 years since the birth of the dance's greatest maker, Johann Strauss II? One simple answer is that this ...