Overdue Honors for Apollo13 engineers

Image: Crew of Apollo 13; Apollo13 control room; liftoff
Info: Mission details w/links

We all know the story or have seen the movie:
Intended as the third lunar landing and exploration mission, Apollo 13 instead became famous for the actions of mission control scientists. With their quick thinking and ability to devise a rescue mission with bits of plastic bag, duct tape and cardboard scattered around the hobbled spacecraft, these engineers helped the astronauts avoid a fate more gruesome than death: being left adrift in space with no hope of ever setting foot on earth again.
Today those same engineers were honored for their heroic work at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
Sunday marked the 35th anniversary of the return to earth of the crew of Apollo 13. It seems only fitting we finally honor the men who made that return possible.