( CNN ) -- The space shuttle Endeavour docked with the international space station early Wednesday , completing a three-day orbital chase . `` Capture confirmed , '' the Johnson Space Center in Houston said at 12:06 a.m . ET . The delicate docking maneuver took place while both spacecraft were circling the globe at about 17,500 mph ( 28,165 km/h ) . Endeavour lifted off from Kennedy Space Center early Monday . During the two-week mission , the six-member crew will deliver an Italian-built Tranquility node and a seven-windowed cupola to the station , which will be used as a control room for robotics . The mission also will include three spacewalks . The space station will be about 90 percent complete once the node and cupola are added , NASA said .
Shuttle docked at 12:06 a.m . ET , according to the Johnson Space Center in Houston . Endeavour lifted off from Kennedy Space Center early Monday . The shuttle is scheduled to return to Earth on Tuesday morning.