  The NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron is pursuing a
rich programme on strong interactions, which covers the study of the onset of
deconfinement and aims to discover the critical point of strongly interacting
matter by performing an energy and system-size scan over the full CERN SPS beam
momentum range. So far the scans of p+p, p+Pb, Be+Be, and Ar+Sc interactions
have been completed, samples of Pb+Pb data at three energies have already been
taken and Xe+La collisions will be registered this year. Results from the
different reactions are now emerging, in particular the energy dependence of
hadron spectra and yields as well as fluctuations. This contribution presents
status and preliminary results from this effort, as well as an outlook for
future extensions of the strong interactions programme.
