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'Blue Danube' Waltz Heading to Space This Month to Mark Strauss' 200th Birthday

Strauss' 'Blue Danube' waltz will be transmitted into space on May 31 in celebration of the 200th year since his birth in Vienna.
This event follows the European Space Agency's 50th anniversary and the Vienna tourist board's aim to send the famous waltz to its cosmic home.
The Vienna Symphony Orchestra will perform, and ESA will relay a pre-recorded rehearsal version to avoid technical issues during the livestreamed send-off.
The signals will travel at light speed, about 670 million mph, passing the moon in 1.5 seconds and reaching Voyager 1's 15 billion miles distance within 23 hours.
ESA expects the event to inspire future space scientists and explorers and celebrates music's unique connection across time and space, as stated by director Josef Aschbacher.

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