Cherokee Trail student Sam Fuller was one of only four student teams nationwide invited to present at the 2026 NASA HUNCH Biomedical Final Design Review at Rocket Park in Houston. 

Sam designed a prototype medical diagnostic tool attachment to help astronauts use the Tempus Pro system as an otoscope during future space missions, presenting her work directly to NASA engineers, flight surgeons, Human Research Program leaders, and an astronaut candidate. 

NASA officials were so impressed they asked to keep her prototype and design files for potential future development, and Sam was also interviewed by NASA media and signed a flight locker that will eventually travel to space.