Vienna beams Strauss' iconic Blue Danube waltz into space to mark composer's 200th birthday
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.
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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.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/05/30/vienna-to-beam-strauss-iconic-blue-danube-waltz-into-space-to-mark-his-200th-birthday
Spark your senses, wake your wonder. Euronews Culture seeks to show creativity in action and inspire our audience to explore the world through the five senses. Start your journey through the best of Europe's arts, gastronomy, traditions and high-end craftsmanship.
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00:18We're having this huge birthday party because European Space Agency is turning 50 this year.
00:24Exactly on the 31st of May, Jürgen Strauss celebrates his 200th birthday,
00:30and the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra, they also celebrate 125 years.
00:35And we approached ESA, European Space Agency, and said,
00:38okay, could we in a way correct this omitting from 1977?
00:43Of course we can. We send a signal out there from Cebreros, it's close to Madrid in Spain.
00:50They have this deep-tie of antenna, and so we are transmitting the blue danube boards on the 31st of May into space.
01:07Electromagnetic waves travel with the speed of light, so the spacecraft does not,
01:13so therefore we can catch up, and actually 23 hours and 3 minutes after sending the wave out to space,
01:21it will catch up in 25 billion kilometers distance with the spacecraft,
01:26and therefore be part of these golden records, if I may say, by passing through and passing by,
01:31but of course the electromagnetic wave will continue to travel into the universe,
01:36and will dare travel forever, and will really reach the end of the universe, if such an end even exists.