Atlantis docks with space station

By the CNN Wire staff

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Atlantis' docking continues historic final mission
Crew will deliver supplies and spare parts to space station
Mission, which may be extended, lifted off Friday

(CNN) -- Atlantis docked with the International Space Station Sunday morning as part of a historic mission marking the final flight of the U.S. shuttle program.

Atlantis' four-member crew will deliver supplies and spare parts to the space station, and pick up a broken pump and transport it back to Earth for inspection, NASA said on its website. The shuttle docked at 11:07 a.m. ET.

The four-member crew blasted off Friday at 11:29 a.m. on what was originally planned to be a 12-day mission, the last in the nation's 30-year shuttle program.

NASA will likely try to extend the mission by one day, said Mike Gerstenmaier, the associate administrator.