Astronaut’s helmet forgotten at TSA airport checkpoint

BALTIMORE - An astronaut’s helmet that was left behind at an airport security checkpoint is waiting to be claimed at the lost and found office, officials say.

The space gear was recently forgotten by a traveler at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, according to Transportation Security Administration spokesperson Lisa Farbstein.

Astronaut’s helmet forgotten at TSA airport checkpoint

An astronaut’s helmet that was left behind at an airport security checkpoint is waiting to be claimed at the lost and found office, officials say.

Astronaut’s helmet forgotten at TSA airport checkpoint (Lisa Farbstein, TSA Spokesperson / @TSA_Northeast)

It was collected and is being safely held, Farbstein said. She posted a photo of the helmet online asking for any information about the forgetful astronaut who misplaced it "before they blasted off."

Farbstein’s X account if full of strange items confiscated by TSA agents at airport checkpoints across the U.S. Recently, an old lawnmower blade was discovered in a carry-on bag at a Pennsylvania airport and a stun gun disguised as an iPhone was taken at a checkpoint at Reagan National Airport.