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.
With a timeline as knotty as a Xenomorph's biomechanical skeleton, it's not the easiest thing in the world to work out how to watch the Alien movies in order. Alien: Earth's first season wrapped up ...