NASA is considering reducing the role of its legacy Moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, to be replaced with SpaceX's Falcon Falcon rocket, as part of its strategy to accelerate the Artemis timeline. The proposal suggests that the SLS will no longer be used to boost Orion spacecraft to lunar orbit, but instead will dock with Starship and Orion in Earth orbit, and SpaceX will be responsible for transporting astronauts to the lunar surface. This move is part of NASA's plan to increase the role SLS takes in to expediting the Artemis program. The 5.75-million-pound SLS rocket, designed and developed by Boeing, is essential to NASA's Moon program but ongoing issues have plagued the rocket since launch preparations for Artemis 1 in 2022 and forced the agency to delay the crewed Artemis 2 mission. The agency is also increasing reliance on commercial partner SpaceX to deliver astronauts to lunar surface, while also focusing on the mission.