Dr. Vasili Orlov is a Russian cosmonaut aboard The Leonov, who serves as Chief Scientist in Arthur C. Clarke’s 2010: Odyssey Two and the 1984 film adaption. He is played by Oleg Rudnik.
2010 odyssey[]
Dr. Orlov performs Navigation in Astronomy duties on the Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov during the joint Soviet/USA Jupiter Mission. Its mission is to investigate Discovery and the Jovian Monolith by 2010.[1]
In the novel, Orlov is married to Tatiana, known as Tanya Kirbuk in the film, the captain of The Leonov.
Canon[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arthur C. Clarke’s 2010: Odyssey Two, p. 4 (Read it!)