Knowing the distance of an astrophysical object is key to understanding its formation and
evolution. Without an accurate distance we do not know how bright it is how large it is or
even when it existed. This volume highlights the tremendous amount of recent and continuing
research into a myriad of exciting and promising aspects of accurately pinning down the cosmic
distance scale where possible focused on space-based contributions. These papers go one step
further putting the many recent results and new developments into the broader context of the
physics driving cosmic distance determination. Thus the volume will benefit researchers
spanning a wide range of expertise including theorists observers and modelers working on a
large variety of spatial scales. Originally published in Space Science Reviews in the Topical
Collection Astronomical Distance Determination in the Space Age
