What do you consider your greatest achievement?

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Doing the spacewalk to fix a solar panel at the furthest edge of the ISS. You have no idea if you are going to get a chance to do a spacewalk when you go into space. I was fortunate. There’s a real juxtaposition between floating, completely serene and calm, looking down at Earth and the universe, and being aware that you are in this hostile environment.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 October 2022 source ↗

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Fatima Bhutto Pakistani writer
Chekhov said, any idiot can weather a crisis, it’s the day-to-day living that wears you out. I think the same is true for great achievements. It’s not a big thing, but one ought to feel proud about the small moments in which you might have helped, cared for, or done something good for others.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 February 2021 source ↗
Turning my life around. Seeing the level of criminality I was involved with, and coming to the realisation that it was not the life that I should be leading.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 December 2025 source ↗

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