Buran

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Gordon, as I'm sure many other people will point out, the
vehicle that flew 25 flights within the atmosphere, as an aircraft,
was not  a spaceworthy Buran but
merely an atmospheric test vehicle. The spacecraft Buran vehicle
was only launched once, on an Energiya rocket, into orbit, and 
did not carry a crew, so the earlier poster is quite correct
(and in general I guess when we talk about Discovery's number of
flights, we're not counting cross-country trips on the back of
the 747...)
   Jonathan McDowell

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