Strauss’ ‘Blue Danube’ is transmitted to space while Vienna celebrates with a concert

Strauss' 'Blue Danube' is transmitted to space while Vienna celebrates with a concert

Vienna – Strauss’ “Danube Blue” Waltz Finally, he has arrived in space, almost half a century after a trip on the NASA Twin Voyager spacecraft.

He European Space Agency Radio Grande in Spain antenna Beamado El Vals In the cosmos on Saturday. The operators pointed to the dish in Voyager 1, the world’s most distant spacecraft to more than 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) away. Traveling at the speed of light, music was expected to overcome Voyager 1 within 23 hours.

The Vienna Symphony Orchestra performed the “Danube Azul” during the space transmission, which actually sent a version from the trial. It is part of the celebration of a year that marks the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II, who was born in Vienna in 1825. The farewell of the Strauss space also honors the 50th anniversary of the Foundation of ESA.

Released in 1977 and now in the interstellar space, each of the two travelers carries a golden album full of music but nothing from the king of waltz. His “Blue Danube” has a special meaning for space fans: Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film appears “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

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