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.