As a long-time space enthusiast (yes I did feign illness to stay home from school to watch one of the Apollo launches on TV) 
trying to find news and information about space flight and exploration can be tough. The mainstream media only seems to mention space exploration when there is a big event (like the stardust capsule return) or a problem (Shuttle Discovery’s loose tile gap fillers). You wouldn’t realize that there are eight (8) space missions going on right this minute.
Before we get into the specifics of current missions here are some general links to get great space-oriented news and information:
NASA’s Official Web Site The main portal into all of NASA’s sites. Sub-sites are organized by center (JPL, Goddard, etc) and by mission (Mars Rovers, Hubble, etc).
SpaceRef.com is a privately owned and operated company co-founded by Marc Boucher and Keith Cowing in the summer of 1999 and is based out of Reston, Virginia and with offices in Vancouver, Canada. SpaceRef's 17 news and reference web sites are designed to allow both the novice and specialist alike to explore outer space and Earth observation. SpaceRef also offers RSS feeds of seven major space news areas.
The Space News Blog focuses mainly on robotic space exploration with stories are based on press releases.
NASA offers both audio and video podcasts providing news and information for download to your portable media device. Now you can get your Space fix without being at your computer.
NASA TV offers streaming video of NASA’s television channel straight to your computer. Its great for watching special events like shuttle launches and ISS space walks. Be aware that there are a limited number of connections so you may not be able to get connected during really popular events.
NASA Press Release Mailing List will email you instructions on how to add your email address to the mailing list that receives all of NASA’s press releases. Its a great source of scheduling information on NASA TV events including all types of launches, spacewalks, etc.
Here’s a brief list of some of the on-going space missions and resources to help you learn more and track their progress:
International Space Station (ISS) Orbiting 200 miles above the earth, ISS has been continuously manned since November of 2000. NASA issues regular status reports on what’s going on on ISS, what events are upcoming, etc. You can get the press releases either from the NASA mailing list or from the SpaceRef web site.
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Article comments
1 - tom
www.nasaspaceflight.com has very good forums, with many active and retired NASA employees, who provide accurate and breaking information
2 - Tom Wolf
I suggest taking a look at: http://www.centauri-dreams.org/ The author, Paul Gilster is a PC Columnist for the Charlotte News Observer and author of the book, Centauri Dreams. Paul is a true gentleman and a yeoman when it comes to his blog. I think of it more as a daily magazine article than the typical <100 word blog. From the site: "Centauri Dreams is a review of research issues in deep space exploration, with an eye toward interstellar possibilities."
3 - luna tick
The biggest one of all -- SPACE.com! Several different RSS Feeds.
http://www.space.com
4 - cyberdork33
You made no mention of ongoing projects...
http://exploration.nasa.gov
5 - John
Those are some of the best sites out there. Here is a new one I recently came across:
http://www.mysolarsystem.com/
They are making progress, apparently a new design is on the way with more content.
6 - Steve Wight
If you'd like to check out the latest news in the Space Tourism Industry, check out
www.NewVoyageNews.com. Today the weekly recap podcast debuted.
Also, under construction now, the Space Tourism Wiki. www.NewVoyageNews.com/wiki/
7 - Michael
Good sites!
One of my daily visits is also
http://www.rocketscientists.ca/
It links to several of the sites listed, so everything is a single click away. Plus, it links to several real-world resources for people actually in the aerospace engineering field, AND it has an e-mail service.
8 - flamingmo
News and information to one side for a moment, what about Celestia? http://celestia.sourceforge.net - awesome...
9 - Neutrino Tau
Nicely done article.
Another source i've found is Deep Space network:
http://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsn/
they will give some info about currently tracked missions. Its not updated much, but you can find some interesting things like the current status of the voyager mission.
10 - Chris
NASA Feeds.
http://totaldream.org/index.php?module=rss&feed=nasa
They have, Breaking News, Science at NASA, Image of the day, NASA Earth Observatory.!
11 - spacey
http://science.hq.nasa.gov/missions has links to all current NASA science missions. There are wayyy more than 8 - try 56!