Nostromo
Americannoun
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The wrecked Maginot is owned by Weyland-Yutani, the same group that operates the tug hauler Nostromo on which “Alien” unfolds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Kotto’s Parker died terribly, but so did everyone else on the Nostromo except for Ripley and the starship’s cat Jonesy.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2024
Instead, the dimly lit corridors of The Nostromo were just sets built at a studio near London.
From Fox News ● Oct. 15, 2021
Mr. Kotto played the engineer Parker, traveling on the spaceship Nostromo with an otherwise all-White crew that included Sigourney Weaver and John Hurt, who becomes the host for a parasitic alien.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2021
"Not so fast as a crawling beetle tangled in the grass," answered Nostromo, and his voice seemed deadened by the thick veil of obscurity that felt warm and hopeless all about them.
From Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad
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