Alex Rossi

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Alex Rossi
Full name	Alexander Rossi
Nickname	Al
Personal Information
Gender	Male
Nationality	United States
Professional Information
Occupation	Astronaut Commander of Jamestown
Affiliation	NASA
Rank	Colonel
Missions	Jamestown 86
Series Information
Actor	Scott Michael Campbell
Seasons	Two, Three
Episodes	6
First seen	2x02
Last seen	3x07

Alex Rossi is an astronaut at NASA and the commander of Jamestown during the second half of 1983.

History

Season 2

In 1983, Rossi was part of the Jamestown 86 mission. After the end of Ellen Wilson's forth Jamestown mission, Rossi became the new commander of the lunar station.

Rossi welcomed Tracy Stevens when she arrived at the base as part of Jamestown 89. When after some time he found out about her drinking problem, he wanted to report her to Houston, but then decided to give her one last chance. However, he canceled all her privileges.

Rossi was the Jamestown commander during the Jamestown crisis. After Moon Marines had shot two Soviet cosmonauts near an US claimed mining site, the Soviets attacked and occupied the American base. Rossi was taken hostage and was beaten by the attackers, who wanted the surviving cosmonaut and later defector, Rolan Baranov, back into their custody. They offered an exchange, but the remaining marines did not believe that they would let Rossi alive if they agreed. After the success of Apollo-Soyuz and the famous handshake in space, political tensions dropped when President Reagan met with Soviet premier Andropov. Rossi was released and the cosmonauts left Jamestown. Rossi then found the dead bodies of Tracy and Gordo Stevens in the airlock.

Season 3

In 1995, Rossi was still working at NASA in the Johnson Space Center. One day, he met Jimmy Stevens, who was visiting the center together with Sunny Hall, who wanted Jimmy to steal an astronaut badge. Jimmy wasn't ready for this on the first occasion, but then managed to take the badge of Alex.

Galleries

1983

Alex Rossi at Jamestown

Alex taking over the command from Ellen

Rossi welcomes Tracy Stevens

Rossi welcomes cosmonauts after shooting

Rossi & Dr. Mayakovsky

Rossi taken hostage by Soviets

Rossi finds the bodies of Tracy & Gordo

Jamestown 86 mission patch

1995

Alex Rossi at JSC 1995

Alex Rossi at JSC 1995

Alex' JSC badge

Trivia

• The name Alex Rossi may be a reference to the science-fiction series The Expanse^W, referring to the character Alex Kamal and the main ship, the Rocinante, usually called the Roci.

See also

• Ellen Wilson
• Jamestown base
• Jamestown crisis
• Attack on Jamestown
• Cold War