Strauss's 'Blue Danube' Waltzes Its Way into Outer Space A Celestial Tribute to a Timeless Waltz Johann Strauss II's ' The Blue Danube' has long evoked the grandeur of space exploration for many, ever since its iconic use in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi masterpiece 2001: a Space Odyssey . On Saturday, the iconic waltz quite literally reached the stars, as the European Space Agency broadcast a live rendition into space to mark the composer's bicentenary. A Global Concert for the Cosmos A Viennese Performance with International Reach The Vienna Symphony Orchestra gave a performance in the heart of Austria's capital city. The concert was streamed live online and simultaneously screened publicly in Vienna, New York's Bryant Park and near the Spanish antenna. ESA's Role in the Space Broadcast "The digitized audio will be sent to the expansive 35-meter satellite dish at ESA's Cebreros ground station in Spain," said Josef Aschbacher...
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