Curiosity Tests a New Way to Drill on Mars
2018-2-28 · More testing of the drill method is planned for the future. The drill is used for pulverizing rock samples into powder, which are then deposited into two of Curiosity's laboratory instruments, Sample Analysis at Mars, or SAM, and Chemistry and Mineralogy, or CheMin. Curiosity has used its drill to collect samples 15 times since landing in 2012.