https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-mars-rover-gets-its-powdered-rock-lab-back-on-track/

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover team is made up of a bunch of MacGyvers who come up with creative solutions to fix things when they go wrong. The rover's drill has been a problem for over a year, but now Curiosity is back to both drilling and analyzing powdered rock samples thanks to some clever engineering.

The motor used to extend the drill stopped working in late 2016, so NASA figured out a new percussive drilling method that makes the rover work more like a human would. It successfully drilled into a rock called "Duluth" last month.