Cosmonaut candidate Anna Kikina gained test cosmonaut qualification, - Roscosmos reports.

NPO Energomash concluded with American Corporation Orbital Science a contract for delivery of RD-181 engines to be used for the first stage of Antares rocket from 2015.

Two Russian satellites Lomonosov and Aist will be delivered to Vostochny spaceport in June-July 2015, - Roscosmos Head Oleg Ostapenko stated.

On Monday Soyuz-ST booster was rolled-out to the launchpad of Kurou spaceport, - Roscosmos press-office reports.

The launch of RS-20 booster with Condor-E №2 satellite from Baikonur spaceport is scheduled for December 18, - Roscosmos spokesman reports.

ISS crew members will celebrate New year 16 times and dress the New Year tree with soft toys, - Russian cosmonaut Elena Serova reported from the ISS.

On December 11 in accordance with the decision taken by State commission on space complex flight tests the rocket was rolled out to the # 81 launchpad of Baikonur spaceport.

Last weekend specialists started general assembling of Proton-M booster in 92-A50 integration building. The booster will launch Russian Yamal-401 telecommunication satellite in mid-December, - Khrunichev Centre press office reports.

Proton-M booster with Yamal-401 space device will be launched a day earlier: on December 15 instead of December 16, as was planned before, - Roscosmos representative reported.

Preparations for the launch of Soyuz-ST-B booster with Fregat-MT upper stage and O3b space devices are under way in Guiana Space Centre (French Guiana).