Drill Glitch Brings Mars Rover Curiosity to a Halt

Drill Glitch Brings Mars Rover Curiosity to a Halt

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has stopped driving and using its 7-foot-long (2.1 meters) arm while mission controllers investigate a problem with the robot’s sample-collecting drill. "We are in the process of defining a set of diagnostic tests to carefully assess the drill feed mechanism. "To be cautious, until we run the tests on Curiosity, we want to restrict any dynamic changes that could affect the diagnosis," Lee added.