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Private lunar lander returns U.S. to the moon 50 years later. Here's what to know

The Houston-based company has pulled off the first successful commercial landing on the lunar surface. It's America's first soft landing in decades.

Billie Jean King, seen here in 1977, learned to play tennis on the public courts near her Long Beach, Calif., home.

'Battle of the Sexes' was 50 years ago, but King's efforts still benefit tennis stars

Billie Jean King was a champ — she had 20 Wimbledon titles — and a leader who urged fair treatment and pay for female players. She told Fresh Air about the problems before there was a women's league.

Joni Mitchell's <em>Blue</em>, which turns 50 years old on Tuesday, is an inquiry into personal storytelling, a document of the process of sharing heartache that changes every time someone hears it.

Her Kind Of Blue: Joni Mitchell's Masterpiece At 50

How do we understand Blue in the 21st century? Can we think of Mitchell's 1971 album, long considered the apex of confessional songwriting, as a paradigm not of raw emotion, but of care and craft?

<strong>April 8:</strong> A Ukrainian police officer reacts to the carnage at the site of an attack that killed at least 50 people at a crowded train station in Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine, that was the center of civilian evacuations in the region.

Photos: Carnage at eastern Ukraine train station, where Russian strike killed 50

Ukraine has launched an investigation into war crimes officials believe have been committed by Russian forces during the course of the invasion.

NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2013

These albums might be strange bedfellows, but that's how we listen. This is the music that shook us up, sucked us in, commanded our respect and kept us dancing this year. Get in there.

Larry Trachtenberg, one of the original athletes that completed the first New York City Marathon in 1970, will run the marathon's 50th edition this year. He kept his training log from the 1970 marathon.

They ran the 1st New York City Marathon. Only one returns for the 50th

Larry Trachtenberg and Jim Isenberg dreamed of running the 50th version of the race they finished back in 1970. A life-altering accident foiled the plan.

Tariffs, History and Healing: U.S.-Vietnam Relations 50 Years After the War

Daniel Kritenbrink reflects on 50 years since the end of the Vietnam war.

A teacher gives a deworming tablet to a student during National Deworming Day at a high school in Hyderabad, India, in 2017.

Could Giving Kids A 50-Cent Pill Massively Boost Their Income Years Later?

The results are in from a Nobel prize winner's landmark study of a deworming program. He finds the impact is immense. But the idea still gets mixed reviews

A look at the partnership between Vietnam and the U.S.

A look at the partnership between Vietnam and the U.S. 50 years after the fall of Saigon

Chris Smalls started Amazon's 1st union. He's now heard from workers at 50 warehouses

The Amazon Labor Union was born Friday after an improbable victory for Chris Smalls over Amazon. Smalls and his friend Derrick Palmer spoke to NPR on Twitter Spaces.

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