The spider in the United States goes astronaut

A spider lived with 100-day astronauts on the ISS Space Station in a vacuum.

After 4 days of existence in the US Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Johnson-like jumping spider named Nefertiti died in his cocoon.

Previously, it was a member of the crew on the ISS Space Station for 100 days before returning to the Pacific.

Stefanie Countryman, project manager K-12 of Colorado Space Technology University, said: "Why could that happen to a living creature, so far no one has been able to answer. Until returning to the Smithsonian Museum it still ate and worked well, perhaps Nefertiti died of being too old ".

Nefertiti in his cage on the ISS space station

Nefertiti is a 10-month-old Johnson-like jumping spider, while the average species survives for a year before dying.

The museum only offers the cause of Nefertiti's death as a natural reason and does not conduct any further tests on this particular spider.

Kelly Carnes, a staff member of the Museum's press office, said: "We want Nefertiti to be part of the collection and serve the research work, so it's better and let its body be intact."

The spider's journey to ISS is part of a contest of YouTube video sharing site sponsored by NASA.

The idea of ​​18-year-old Egyptian boy Amr Mohamed was chosen to study the survivability of a spider in a zero gravity environment.

The University of Colorado has planned a series of tests for Nefertiti on ISS. Surprisingly, it is still possible to carry out hunting activities in vacuum, healthy survival during the 100 days of this special journey.