Why is the ship in Alien called Nostromo?

Nostromo in Italian means boatswain, the officer in charge of the crew on a ship. The name conjures up a sense of responsibility based on that fact alone. In the novel, the character makes a name for himself as being reliable. The crew are trying to make a living – tugging a refinery through deep space.

What is the alien ship in Alien?

The U.S.S. Sulaco is a fictional spaceship and important setting in the film Aliens.

What is the movie Alien about?

In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The terror begins when the crew encounters a nest of eggs inside the alien ship. An organism from inside an egg leaps out and attaches itself to one of the crew, causing him to fall into a coma.
Alien/Film synopsis

What was Nostromo mission?

When Weyland-Yutani detected and partially decoded an unidentified warning signal emanating from LV-426, the Nostromo was selected (unbeknownst to its crew) to investigate and hopefully recover a potential Xenomorph specimen from the moon.

How much was the Nostromo worth?

Valued at $42 million in adjusted dollars, the Nostromo was 334 metres (1095 feet) in length, 215 metres (705 feet) wide and 98 metres (320 feet) height.

What kind of ship was the Nostromo?

The USCSS Nostromo is a commercial towing vehicle — a Lockheed CM 88B Bison M-Class Starship — owned by the Weylan-Yutani Corporation and operated by a crew of seven. It tows a massive automated refinery between Thedus and Earth, processing the cargo of mineral ore on its long journey through deep space.

What ship did the Nostromo find?

The Derelict is the informal designation for the spacecraft discovered on the Acheron LV-426 moon and operated by the mysterious Space Jockey race. In 2122 an unknown warning signal broadcast from the Derelict summoned the Weyland-Yutani commercial hauler USCSS Nostromo to the Acheron moon.

What did the Alien do to Dallas?

Dallas was taken by the Alien while attempting to flush the creature from the ship’s ventilation shafts and into its main airlock so that it could be expelled into space; in the Director’s Cut he is later found by Ripley, cocooned in the Nostromo’s hold.