>>> I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT ALL MOMS ARE SPECIAL. >> TODAY, WE WANT YOU TO MEET A TEXAS MOM, A TCU GRAD WHO WAS ON A MISSION THAT MAY JUST PUT HER IN THE HISTORY BOOKS. >> Reporter: TO SAY YOUR MOM IS OUT OF THIS WORLD, YOU TYPICALLY DON'T MEAN IT LITERALLY BUT FOR ANNA MENON'S KIDS -- >> THEY HAVE GROWN UP LOVING SPACE. >> Reporter: IT IS A DIFFERENT STORY. >> I WORK AS A SPACEX ENGINEER WHEN I AM NOT IN TRAINING FOR THAT MISSION. >> Reporter: THE MISSION IS SET TO TAKE FLIGHT THIS SUMMER AND THE CREW IS EXPECTED TO BREAK RECORDS AND THERE 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 AND THEN THIRDLY, SEEKING TO TEST NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE CAN LEAN UPON WHEN GOING TO THE MOON AND MARS SOMEDAY. >> HOW DO YOU TRAIN TO GO TO SPACE? JUMPING OUT OF PLANES, SCUBA DIVING, MOUNTAIN CLIMBING, EVEN APPLYING AND FIGHTER JETS. >> Reporter: FOR ANNA, IT IS A DREAM COME TRUE, ONE THAT STARTED WHEN SHE WAS JUST A CHILD IN HOUSTON. >> WHEN I WAS 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 A FLIGHT CONTROL AND MISSION CONTROL. I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE FIELD. I SAID, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO. >> Reporter: AND, SHE DID. FIRST, WORKING WITH NASA AND NOW SPACEX. IT IS A PASSION THAT IS A FAMILY PROJECT. HER HUSBAND IS A NASA ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE AND THEY ARE SHARING THEIR LOVE WITH BOTH OF THEIR KIDS. >> I SEE THEM PLAYING IMAGINARY GAMES ON THE FLOOR IN OUR HOUSE AND HAVING SHOCKING LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE BOOSTERS AND THE ENGINES AND HOW IT ALL WORKS. >> Reporter: ANNA SAYS IT IS HER FAMILY AND HISTORY WITH TCU THAT GAVE HER THE TOOLS TO SHOOT FOR THE MOON. >> IT PROVIDED A FOUNDATION THAT ALLOWED ME TO PURSUE A CAREER AS A FEMALE IN ENGINEERING AND ULTIMATELY GET TO FLY THROUGH SPACE. >> WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU HAVE TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO EMBARK ON A MISSION LIKE THIS? >> 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 HOW YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS WORLD. >> Reporter: SHE HOPES HER ASPIRATIONS WILL INSPIRE HER KIDS AND OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE TO ALWAYS KEEP REACHING FOR THE STARS. >> SOMETHING ELSE SPECIAL ABOUT THIS MISSION, THE CREW IS RAISING MONEY FOR ST. JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL WHICH DOES INCREDIBLE WORK IN TREATING CHILDREN WITH CANCER WITH THE GOAL OF ONE DAY FINDING A CURE. THESE ARE PICTURES OF ANNA AND HER COWORKERS MEETING SOME OF THE PATIENT'S AT ONE OF THE GLOBAL PARTNERS. THE SUPERMOM DOES SPLIT HER TIME BETWEEN HOUSTON AND L.A. FOR TRAINING. WHEN SHE IS IN HOUSTON, SHE GETS TO WORK FROM HOME AND SPEND TIME WITH HER CHILDREN. SHE WILL ALSO BE TAKING A LITTLE TOKEN THAT