num_pages: 33
description: The Amazing Voyage of Nefertiti the SpidernautMost spiders spin a web and passively wait for prey to come to them. Jumping spiders by contrast actively hunt by jumping to catch their food. What if a jumping spider was sent to the International Space Station? When it jumped it would simply float. No one knew if the spider could hunt in a weightless environment.This nonfiction picture book for elementary kids chronicles the amazing voyage of Nefertiti the Spidernaut to the International Space Station and back. Shes a Phiddipus johnsonii or Johnson jumping spider native to western United States. Her colorful anatomyred black and tealmade for stunning photography and video. In 2012 Nefertitti clocked a record-breaking 100 days in space during which time she circled Earth about 1584 times traveling about 41580000 miles. Astronaut Sunita Williams Captain U.S. Navy said It was a suspense story for me as it happened. I didnt know if she would survive when I unpacked her for the first time or when I packed her up and sent her back home to Earth.This is an astonishing story of through the dark and cold in spite of being weightless and isolated this incredible spider adapted and learned to hunt. Against all odds she survived to return to Earth where she had to re-adapt to Earths gravity. Nefertitis story of survival brings hope that we too can adapt to a changing world.Join Nefertiti in this inspiring journey into space.
language: English
title: Nefertiti, the Spidernaut: The Jumping Spider Who Learned to Hunt in Space
publisher: Mims House