Space Spider

NASA 'spidernaut' dies in Smithsonian

By Robert Z. Pearlman

Published December 05, 2012

Space.com

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  Close-up of Nefertiti, the 'spidernaut,' at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's Insect Zoo. (Smithsonian Institution)

    I have read the article NASA 'spidernaut' dies in Smithsonian. This article was about  the spider named Nefertiti's death. Nefertiti was sent in by a child in Egypt and was named for an ancient Egyptian queen. So what? While reading this article I learned that this spider lived a hundred days in space and after was moved to the insect zoo in the Smithsonian.  This amazing insect died of natural causes on Dec. 3. I think that this article is important because spiders are one of the animals that by being in space we learned that space was safe for humans. The spiders helped us learn more about space and helped us be sure that we could go into space. 
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