Spiders in Space - Timelapse of Esmerelda's time in Space OLD VERSION

Check out the updated version at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXIbijBkqLg .

A 26 day timelapse of spiders in space. So much to see, you must watch it more than once!

Spiders in Space is a K-12 educational experiment that examines the behavioral and physical changes of golden orb weaving spiders in space. The experiment was launched aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour on May 16, 2011 and transferred to the International Space Station on May 19, 2011. Overseen by the Baylor College of Medicine Center for Educational Outreach in conjunction with BioServe Space Technologies, students from all over the country are conducting analog experiments in their classrooms to determine how the spiders are adapting to their microgravity environment. Support comes from NASA and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). More information can be found at http://www.bioedonline.org/space/STS_Mission_134S.cfm

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[CrannyNoko]

The Spider is so much bigger from day 25 to than day one!

[RuWow]

15:44 Partyyyy Time!!

[Cloudy011]

The Golden Orb. She rocks! The black cold unforgiven vacuumed till your eyeballs burst nothingness, empty, void, Freezing, hum did I mention unforgiven SPACE? When I was a kid this was drilled in my head in "thebox" school. I knew they were lying in second cage so from there I was a daydreamer in class- i bet someone can hear you scream in space* so there! and thanks agian!

[lakerfan82k3]

Jesus Christ! Don't have your volume turned up at 19:15...

[Culturealimprovement]

@Baldurthegood No, its all wasted

[wigumboi]

Fucking Spiders man, they creep me out

[Baldurthegood]

i wonder if they get any added nutrition from the web besides recycling protein: minerals, aero-plankton etc. Anyone?

[rabidredrabbit]

@SpaceSnaxxx orb weaver spiders eat their web each night and build themselves a new one. Their web is almost entirely protean and remaking it keeps it clean and, i would imagine, a clean web is harder to spot than one ridden with carcasses of captured meals, therefore a more effective method of capturing.

[rabidredrabbit]

@SpaceSnaxxx She is a golden orb weaver. orb weaver spiders eat their web each night and build themselves a new one. The web is almost entirely protean so it makes sense to eat their old web.

[sciencefan001]

that would suck if they got loose

[bumachika]

@ApexIXMR The video quality is fine as far as I'm concerned. The reason NASA doesn't use high definition video cameras is because, in this video, they're only observing the apparent change of a spider over a course of time in space. You don't really need to see every single particle in that box, or whatever it is, to study how spiders' adapt to microgravity. It's irrelevant as far as NASA is concerned.