Apparently Nefertiti made it safely back to Earth, readjusted to gravity and last week went to live in the Smithsonian. However on December 3rd, the Smithsonian announced that she had died of natural causes. Her species has a normal lifespan of about a year and 'Neffy' was ten months. But I daresay she had had a more eventful life than your average jumping spider.
I'm still not able to find out what happened to the other spider Cleopatra. She isn't mentioned in most of the news stories, though English newspaper The Guardian says she died shortly after touching down, but no details.
Last edited by Mona - Astronomy; 12/05/12 12:56 PM.