The 2013 report Solar and Space Physics; A Science for a Technological Society outlined a program of basic and applied research for the period 2013-2022. This publication describes the most significant scientific discoveries, technical advances, and relevant programmatic changes in solar and space physics since the publication of that decadal survey. Progress Toward Implementation of the 2013 Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics assesses the degree to which the programs of the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration address the strategies, goals, and priorities outlined in the 2013 decadal survey, and the progress that has been made in meeting those goals. This report additionally considers steps to enhance career opportunities in solar and space physics and recommends actions that should be undertaken to prepare for the next decadal survey. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction to Heliophysics and the 2013 Decadal Survey 2 Science Discoveries and Technical Advances 3 Progress, Opportunities, and Challenges for Decadal Survey Research Goals and Recommendations 4 Progress, Opportunities, and Challenges for Decadal Survey Applications Goals and Recommendations 5 Heliophysics Career Enhancements 6 Preparing for the Next Heliophysics Decadal Survey Appendixes Appendix A: Statement of Task Appendix B: Biographies of Committee Members and Staff Appendix C: Committee Meeting Agendas Appendix D: Report Findings Appendix E: Progress for Science Challenges in 2013 Heliophysics Decadal Survey Appendix F: Acronyms

Humanity has always looked to the stars, but it hasn't been until relatively recently that we have managed to travel into space. Carolyn Collins Petersen takes us on a journey from the first space pioneers and their work, through the First World War-led technological advances in rocketry that formed the basis for the Space Age, to the increasing corporate interest in space. This detailed examination of our steps into space is viewed from our potential future there - on Mars to be exact - and considers how we will reach that point. The author concludes with our current advances and our immediate ambitions in space exploration. The future and its scientific possibilities are enthralling: who will be the first to step on Mars? Will matter/antimatter annihilations take us to the Kuiper Belt, or will it be ion propulsion? What is the Alcubierre Warp Drive? Will it take us to the stars?