Soft capture, or the first process of docking, took place at 5:08 a.m. Eastern time (0908 GMT) over the south Indian Ocean, at a distance of 264 miles (424 kilometres).
The second level, hard capture, took place about 10 minutes later, with 12 hooks firmly attached between Endeavour and the ISS's forward port.
"Hard capture completed, welcome Crew-2," said Shannon Walker, the new commander of the International Space Station.
"Thanks Shannon, we're happy to be here," Endeavour's commander, US astronaut Shane Kimbrough, responded. "We'll see you all in a few minutes."
The space station's and Endeavour's hatches can now be opened thanks to the pressurisation of the vestibule between the capsules.
Around 7:15 a.m. (1115 a.m. GMT), the hatches will be opened, followed by a welcoming ceremony at 7:45 a.m.
The Crew-2 flight, which includes the first European, France's Thomas Pesquet, took off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida before sunrise on Friday.
As part of SpaceX's multibillion-dollar deal with NASA, Endeavour is carrying the third crew to the International Space Station.
Endeavour is making her second trip to the International Space Station.
Following the conclusion of the Space Shuttle programme, it travelled to the ISS for the first time on the Demo-2 flight in May 2020, ending nearly a decade of US dependence on Russia for rides to the ISS.
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