Rocheworld

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Rocheworld

Cover of the first edition
Author	Robert L. Forward
Original title	The Flight of the Dragonfly
Cover artist	Gerry Daly
Language	English
Series	Rocheworld series
Published	Simon & Schuster
Publication date	April 1, 1990
Publication place	United States
Followed by	Return to Rocheworld

Rocheworld (first published in serial form in 1982; first book publication, under the title The Flight of the Dragonfly, 1984)^[1] is a science fiction novel by Robert Forward which depicts a realistic interstellar mission using a laser driven light sail propulsion system to send the spaceship and a crew of 20 on a one-way journey of 5.9 light-years (ca. 34 trillion miles; ca. 56 trillion km) to explore a double planet that orbits Barnard's Star, which they call Rocheworld, and where they make many startling discoveries.

It had four sequels, written in collaboration with Julie Forward Fuller and Margaret Dodson Forward, which detail the exploration of the other worlds in the Barnard System: Return to Rocheworld, Marooned on Eden, Ocean Under the Ice, and Rescued from Paradise.