Special Thanks

     We would like to thank Dr. Rebecca Tucker for helping us edit our reports.

    We would like to thank Mr. Butch McGuire and Dr. Keith Hickey for all of their support throughout our project.

     We would like to thank Larry Arwood for helping us make our logo and for all his technical support.

     We would like to thank Mr. Larry Stein for agreeing to be our assistant coach.

    We would like to thank all of our parents for making arrangements to pick us up when we stayed after school to work and for supporting us throughout this project.

     We would like to thank Andy Bivens for drawing some of our pictures.

Graphic Permissions

Free images of planets from Jim’s cool icons at   
    http://snaught.com/JimsCoolIcons/ , Jim Evins.

Free images of planets from Free Stock Photos at  
    http://free-stock-photos.com/science/planet-mercury.html/.

Permission to use photo of Sally Ride at http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96may/96maygifs/ride2.gif
     granted by e-mail on November 6, 2003.

Permission to use photos from the NASA websites at
    www.nasa.gov were granted by e-mail on November 6, 2003.

Websites

Aldrin, Buzz.  NASA Biographical Data. Retrieved on Oct. 16,
   2003  from     http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/bulljs.html/bios/aldrinb.html. 

Armstrong, Neil. NASA Biographical Data. Retrieved  on Oct.
    16,2003  from
    http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/armstrong-gp.html,

Bull, John S.  NASA Biographical Data. Retrieved on  Oct. 16,
     2003 from
     http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/bull-js.html.

Carr, Gerald P.   NASA Biographical Data. Retrieved  on Oct.
    16,2003 from
     http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/carr-gp.html,

Earth.  Windows to the Universe.  Retrieved on Oct. 16, 2003
    from http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/earth.html.

Encyclopedia Astronautica.  Retrieved on Feb. 2, 2004 from
    http://www.astronautix.com.

Glenn, John. NASA Biographical Data. Received on  Oct. 16, 2003 from
    http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/glenn-j.html.

Heib, Richard J. NASA Biographical Data. Received on  Oct. 16, 2003 from
    http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/heib.html.

 Hilmers, David C.  NASA Biographical Data.  Retrieved on Oct.
    16,2003  from
     http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/hilmers.html.

Husband, Rick D. NASA Biographical Data. Retrieved on  Oct. 16, 2003 from
    http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/bulljs.html/bios/husband.html.

Jupiter.  Views of the Solar System. Retrieved  on Feb. 2, 2004
      from
      http://www.solarviews.com/eng/jupiter.htm.

Neptune
       http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/murcury.html.

 Ochoa, Ellen.  NASA Biographical Data. Retrieved on Oct.
    16,2003 from
     http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ochoa.html.

Pluto – The Planet.  Engines of Our Ingenuity.  Retrieved  on Jan.
     21, 2004. from
     http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1589.htm.

Ride, Sally. NASA Biographical Data. Retrieved on  Oct. 16,
    2003 from
    http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ride-sk.html.

Sally Kristin Ride, First Woman in Space.  Retrieved on Nov. 20,
    2003 from
    http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96may/ride.html.

Saturn. Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.
     Retrieved  on Nov. 20, 2004 from
     http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/saturn.html.

Students for the Exploration and Development of  Space
    http://www.seds.org/~spider/spider/mars/mmetlife.html

Students for the Exploration and Development of  Space
    http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/neptune.html

The Moon.  Students for the Exploration and Development of
    Space.  Retrieved  on Nov. 20,2004 from
    http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/luna.html.

Uranus.  Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.
     Retrieved  on Nov. 20,2004 from
     http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/uranus.html,

Venus Introduction.  Solar Views.  Retrieved on Nov. 20, 2003
     from http://www.solarviews.com/eng/venus.htm.

Books

Fradin, Dennis. Jupiter.  Chicago Ill.: Childrens Press, 1989. 

Fradin, Dennis. Mars.  Chicago Ill.: Childrens Press, 1990. 

Fradin, Dennis. Neptune.  Chicago Ill.: Childrens Press, 1990.

Fradin, Dennis. Pluto.  Chicago Ill.: Childrens Press, 1989.

Fradin, Dennis. Uranus.  Chicago Ill.: Childrens Press, 1989. 

Fradin, Dennis. Venus.  Chicago Ill.: Childrens Press, 1989. 

Graham, Lan. Our Solar System. New York: Scholastic Inc. 1993. 

Pearce, Mary. The Solar System.  Danbury, CT.: Scholastic Inc. 1991.

Robinson, Fay.  Space Probes to the Planets. Morton Grove, Ill: Albert  Whitman & Company, 1993.