In March, Celeste Ford will be honored at the 2020 Enterprising Women of the Year Awards, an annual tribute to the world’s top female entrepreneurs. This award is widely considered one of the most esteemed recognitions for women business owners. The presentations will take place at a Gala Dinner during the final evening of the 18th [...]
As we enter a new year and decade as a company, community and nation, it is a good time to reflect on the collective achievements and lessons that will guide our path forward. The avenue of space exploration continues to provide many of our greatest examples of both – with countless instances of courage, ingenuity and resilience that [...]
Stellar Solutions and its humanitarian R&D initiative QuakeFinder have just published landmark research on earthquake forecasting in Computers & Geosciences, the peer-reviewed academic journal. The study, which examines electromagnetic earthquake precursors covering the major faults in California from 2005 to 2018, advances QuakeFinder’s research into predictive indications in Earth’s magnetic field that may be identified several days [...]
The Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community in February 2018 indicated that "Adversaries and malign actors will use all instruments of national power—including information and cyber means—to shape societies and markets, international rules and institutions, and international hot spots to their advantage,” and that “China and Russia will seek spheres of influence and to check US appeal [...]
Last week, Washington DC was the scene of the 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), the annual fall event that connects key players in the development and exploration of outer space. Public and private organizations from all across the world were in attendance, as well as noted policymakers, thought leaders, advocates, and visionaries . NASA had a major presence at this event, [...]
Stellar Solutions’ humanitarian R&D initiative, QuakeFinder, is reviewing data from stations near two earthquakes in California that occurred on October 14 and 15. In addition, California unveiled the first statewide earthquake early warning system to provide seconds to tens of seconds of alert based on seismic observation. Its release coincides with the 30th anniversary on October [...]
Celeste Ford Celeste Ford, Founder and Board Chair of Stellar Solutions, Inc., a global aerospace engineering services leader, will be honored with the inaugural Silicon Valley “Woman of Wisdom” Award by the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce. She will accept the award at the organization’s annual Athena Awards luncheon on November 7, 2019 at the Garden [...]
We are excited to report that NASA’s Ionospheric CONnection Explorer (ICON) mission successfully launched last night and is now in orbit. During the first pass of the Northrop Grumman L-1011 Stargazer through the launch zone, the Pegasus XL drop was aborted; they circled around and on the next lap the launch was successful. All three Pegasus rocket stages [...]
Stellar Solutions' Vice President for Defense Programs, Betsy Pimentel, has been at the forefront of aerospace engineering, space exploration and defense throughout a career that has reached great heights in the public and private sectors. Also notable is the fact that Pimentel got her start as part of the first U.S. Air Force Academy class of women [...]
Celeste Ford, founder and Board Chair of Stellar Solutions has been featured in the Fall 2019 issue of Enterprising Women. The text from the article can be found below along with a download link. The print edition of Enterprising Women celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2010; the digital version of the magazine was launched in 2008 and reaches nearly a [...]
