Expedition 24 Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineers Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mikhail Kornienko made final preparations Wednesday for their departure from the International Space Station and their return home.

They are set to depart the station aboard their Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft Thursday with hatch closure scheduled for 6:20 p.m. EDT, undocking at 9:35 p.m. and landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan at about 12:55 a.m. Friday.

Col. Doug Wheelock (NA1SS) speaks with students in the Windsor Central School District in Windsor, NY on 22 September 2010 at 1420 UTC. Col. Wheelock answers the following questions from the students:

1. How well are plants growing on the space station?
2. What was your most dangerous EVA spacewalk? Why?
3. Have you ever had to deal with runners in the bathroom?
4. What is the most significant discovery or experiment you have made or done since arriving at the ISS?
5. How do Solar Flares affect people on board the ISS?

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Windsor Central School District Contact (22 September 2010)