That’s because the spacecraft that ultimately crashes on earth is a virtual carbon copy of the Nostromo, the ship flown by Ridley (Sigourney Weaver) and her crew in the 1979 film from Ridley Scott.
Alien: Earth Episode 5 “In Space, No One…” completely shifts perspective to take us back to the doomed USCSS Maginot to discover what exactly caused the Weyland-Yutani ship’s horrific crash. We knew ...