( CNN ) -- The four-member crew that will fly the final space shuttle mission to end an era arrived Monday at Kennedy Space Center in Florida . Commander Chris Ferguson , pilot Doug Hurley and mission specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim flew in on two T-38 jets to begin final preparations for the flight on space shuttle Atlantis , scheduled for liftoff at 11:26 a.m. Friday , according to the NASA website . `` I think I speak for the whole crew in that we are delighted to be here after a very arduous nine-month training flow , and we 're thrilled to finally be here in Florida for launch week , '' Ferguson said before the four crew members were transported to the Astronaut Crew Quarters . They will spend the next few days training and and being with their families before liftoff . The 12-day mission will be the 135th and final flight of the space shuttle program . Atlantis is scheduled to deliver spare parts and supplies to the international space station to help keep the orbital lab going , NASA said . It also will fly an experimental rig to test tools and techniques to robotically refuel satellites in space , according to the agency . After the shuttle program is grounded , NASA plans to temporarily use Russian spacecraft to ferry NASA astronauts to the space station .
Atlantis is to blast off at 6 a.m. UTC . The 12-day mission will be the final mission for NASA 's shuttle program . Atlantis will deliver spare parts to space station .