DELAY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> ALL MOMS ARE SPECIAL, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. THIS MORNING WE WANT YOU TO MEET A TEXAS MOM, A TCU GRAD ON A MISSION THAT MAY VERY WELL JUST PUT HER IN THE HISTORY BOOKS. TO SAY YOUR MOM IS OUT OF THE WORLD, YOU DON'T MEAN IT LITERALLY. FOR ANNA'S KIDS. >> THEY HAVE GROWN UP LOVING SPACE. THEY THOUGHT OUR FAMILY LIVED IN A ROCKET. >> Reporter: IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. >> I WORK AS A SPACEX ENGINEER WHEN I AM NOT IN TRAINING FOR THIS MISSION. >> THAT MISSION IS POLARIS DAWN, SET TO TAKE FLIGHT THIS SUMMER AND THE CREW EXPECTED TO BREAK RECORDS IN THE FIVE DAYS IN ORBIT. >> WE ARE SEEKING TO GO TO THE HIGHEST EARTH ORBIT EVER FLOWN. WE ARE SECONDLY SEEKING TO PERFORM THE FIRST COMMERCIAL SPACE WALK OR EXTRA VEHICULAR ACTIVITY AS NASA MIGHT CALL IT, EVA. THIRDLY, SEEKING TO TEST NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE CAN LEAN UPON WHEN GOING TO THE MOON AND MARS SOME DAY. >> Reporter: HOW DO YOU TRAIN TO GO TO SPACE? JUMPING OUT OF PLANES, SCUBA DIVING, MOUNTAIN CLIMBING, FLYING IN FIGHTER JETS. FOR ANNA, IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE, ONE THAT STARTED WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD IN HOUSTON. >> IN THIRD GRADE I WENT ON A FIELD TRIP TO NASA WHERE WE GOT TO EXPERIENCE A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ASTRONAUT AND FLIGHT CONTROLLER AND MISSION CONTROL. IN THAT MOMENT I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE FIELD. I SAID THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO. >> Reporter: SHE DID, FIRST WORKING WITH NASA AND NOW SPACEX. IT'S A PASSION THAT'S A FAMILY PROJECT. HER HUSBAND IS A NASA ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE AND THEY'RE SHARING THEIR LOVE WITH BOTH THEIR KIDS. >> I SEE THEM PLAYING ROCKET IMAGINARY GAMES ON THE FLOOR IN OUR HOUSE AND TALKING AND HAVING SHOCKING LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE BOOSTERS AND ENGINES AND HOW IT WORKS. >> Reporter: ANNA SAYS IT'S HER FAMILY AND HISTORY WITH TCU THAT GAVE HER TOOLS SO SHOOT FOR THE MOON. >> IT PROVIDED A FOUNDATION THAT ALLOWED ME TO PURSUE A CAREER AS A FEMALE IN ENGINEERING AND GET TO FLY TO SPACE IN THIS CHAPTER. >> Reporter: WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU HAVE TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO EMBARK ON A MISSION LIKE THIS? >> I THINK MY ADVICE WOULD BE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU LOVE AND WHAT YOU ARE GOOD AT AND USE THAT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO INFORM YOUR DECISIONS AS TO HOW YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORLD. >> Reporter: SHE HOPES HER SKY HIGH ASPIRATIONS WILL INSPIRE HER KIDS AND OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE TO ALWAYS KEEP REACHING FOR THE STARS. >> SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THIS MISSION IS THAT THIS IS ALL RAISING MONEY FOR ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. A REALLY GREAT CAUSE THAT WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT. AGAIN, IT'S REALLY COOL. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES OF THE STAFF WITH ST. JUDE AT ONE OF THEIR GLOBAL PARTNERS. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SUPER MOM, SHE DOES LIKE TO SPLIT TIME BETWEEN HOUSTON AND L.A. SO SHE IS IN TRAINING AND WHEN SHE'S NOT IN TRAINING, SHE GETS TO WORK FROM HOME IN HOUSTON AND GET GOOD QUALITY TIME WITH HER TWO AND FIVE-YEAR-OLD. SHE'LL BE TAKING A TOKEN FROM TCU AND PLANS TO SNAP A PICTURE AT ZERO GRAVITY WITH EARTH IN THE BACKGROUND. >> THE HORNED FROGS WILL LOVE IT NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. WHAT AN AMAZING TESTAMENT. SHE'S A SUPER MOM. >> OH, YES SHE IS. >> SHE'S FLYING HIGH AND GOING TO SPACE AND KIDS KNOW ABOUT ROCKETS AND BOOSTERS AND THEY'RE TWO AND FIVE. >>