NASA launches angry birds in space

Nasa Astronaut Don Pettit gave a physics lesson in trajectory within 0 gravity on-board the International Space Station using Angry Birds, the characters from hit game. This lesson was designed to promote the launch of a new space-based version of the game on behalf of Rovio, the Finnish company which produces the smartphone application. As well as Mr Pettit, British Prime Minister David Cameron also counts among its millions of fans. The game is hugely popular. It is played by 30 million people every day for a total of 300 million minutes.