Cosmological Parameters from the Cosmic Microwave Background P. Lubin Physics Dept. University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA Upcoming measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background have the potential revolutionize our understanding of the early universe. The parameters that describe our universe are imprinted in the CMB in a way that should be accessible to the next generation of experiments. These parameters describe the overall density, baryon fraction, Hubble parameter, tensor and scalar components and primordial spectral index. Fundamental questions such as "is the universe open or closed", "does inflation provide a viable paradigm for the very early moments", "did gravitational waves plane an important role", "were cosmic strings or textures important in the evolution" etc. will be addressed by these new data sets. Recent experimental progress in near photon limited detectors combined with preliminary measurements of the power spectrum of angular fluctuations and new theoretical insight into how to extract the model parameters gives us confidence that we are on the verge of a revolution in our understanding of the early universe. Combined with other data sets from optical large scale structure surveys and other approaches to measuring these parameters will give us a critical increase in our knowledge. The current status of the measurements, planned missions and issues of foregrounds, systematic errors and possible limitations as well as parameter extraction precision will be discussed.