To the 55th Anniversary of the Ministry of General Machine Building Establishment
The paper is devoted to the formation of the domestic aerospace industry in the postwar years, which began with the engineering of ballistic and strategic missiles, the experience in the engineering of which made it possible to launch the ﬁ rst space launch vehicles. After a series of organizational changes, the Ministry of General Machine Building was formed, which was faced with the complex and responsible task of ensuring parity with the United States in strategic nuclear forces and the development of work on space.