I watched a fantastic special on Nova about the origins of our universe. The main premise of the story was about two scientists' development of data mapping systems that were sent into orbit.
If you get a chance to catch this show, I highly recommend it.
For your entertainment, I have included the following link to periodic table images:
http://images.google.com/images?q=periodic%20table&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi John