My name is Corby Waste and I create artwork for the NASA Mars Exploration Program which is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Since 1998 I've been at JPL visualizing Mars missions. I have to imagine what it's like to be on Mars or in orbit. Before I arrived at the Lab the Mars program mostly used paintings of their spacecraft. I create my artwork with computer graphics. Most likely you've already seen my Mars or other mission artwork for years but never knew who created them because the image credits usually say only: NASA JPL. Below are a few of my most well-known images.

It's a big job helping to open up the Mars Frontier but someone has to do it!

Click on the link below to see where my artwork is being used in over 65 countries around the world.

2005 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

MRO is NASA's powerful new Mars orbiter which arrived safely on March 10, 2006

These are some of the MRO images I've created.

January, 2005: I went to see MRO at Lockheed Martin Astronautics near Denver, Colorado and take pictures. That's me in two of the pictures.

NASA JPL has 2 highly sophisticated twin rovers called "Spirit" and "Opportunity" on Mars. They've been operating successfully now since January of 2004 and are still going strong. During the spring of 2004 my office was located with part of the rover team. It was very interesting ! Click on the images below to learn more.

August 2007 marks my 10th anniversary of helping the Mars program at JPL. Many people have asked me how I was able to get such a great job. Perhaps reading about my previous space experiences will help explain. Click on the link below to read about some my pre-JPL hightlights.