Elizabeth Audrey Grace (born May 16, 1983) is an
American cardiologist and NASA astronaut specializing in
space medicine. Raised in Salem, Oregon, they[a] first
gained notoriety serving as the Delegate for the Aerospace
Medicine Association to the American Medical Association
from 2017-2019, later being promoted to a member-at-large
on the council of the former in 2019. In November 2019,
they were one of four astronauts sent to Tau Ceti as apart of
Project Hail Mary to investigate the abnormal dimming event
of the Sun, along with CNSA taikonaut Yáo Li-Jie,
Roscosmos cosmonaut Olesya Ilyukhina, and molecular
biologist Ryland Grace, who is their younger brother.
────────────────────────────────────── Elizabeth Grace
────────────────────────────────────── Born May 16, 1983 (age 41, Tau Ceti / age 48, Earth)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
────────────────────────────────────── Education University of Oregon (BSc)
University of California, Davis (PhD)
University of California, Davis School of
Medicine (MD)
────────────────────────────────────── Spouse Courtney Anderson
(m. 2013, div. 2017)
────────────────────────────────────── Relatives Ryland Grace (brother)
────────────────────────────────────── Space Career
────────────────────────────────────── NASA astronaut
────────────────────────────────────── Time in space 12 years, 7 months, 21 days
(approx., currently in space)
────────────────────────────────────── Missions Project Hail Mary
────────────────────────────────────── Mission insignia 
──────────────────────────────────────
Elizabeth Audrey Grace was born on May 16, 1983, in
Seattle, Washington to Anne Grace (née Turner; 1954-2019)
and Eugene Grace (1951-2017). They became an orphan at
four months old after their parents were no longer able to
care for them. When they were eight years old, they were
adopted by Barbara and Robert Mansfield, and moved to
Salem, Oregon, where they grew up. They have one
one younger brother, molecular biologist and middle
school science teacher Ryland Grace, who they had
been estranged from until sometime during autumn in 2019.
In 2001, they graduated from North Salem High School
and Chemeketa Community College, earning an
Associate's degree in biology from the latter. They then
attended the University of Oregon, graduating magma
cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry
in 2003. From there, they earned a PhD in pharmacology
and toxicology from the University of California, Davis in
2008, and an MD from the UC Davis School of Medicine
in 2010, both through their Medical Scientist Training
Program.
Grace completed their residency in internal medicine
at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland, Oregon
in July 2013. They then completed fellowships in both
cardiology and space medicine at the University of
Texas Health Science Center at Houston by 2016. Following
this, they became an attending physician at St. Mary
Medical Center, remaining in the position until sometime in
September 2019, when they were hired for Project Hail
Mary by former ESA administrator Eva Stratt.
Project Hail Mary
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Grace is aromantic, asexual, and a lesbian. They were
married to American pharmacist Courtney Anderson from
2013 to 2017, having been in a relationship with her for
several years prior to their marriage, aswell. According to
Anderson, the two divorced soon after Elizabeth came out
as aro-ace, but still remained friends. They use both they
and she pronouns, but prefer usage of they.
Elizabeth was born partially deaf, something they inherited
from their father. At age 6, they were diagnosed with
Tourette syndrome and later experienced partial remission,
but is still considered to have a motor tic disorder. They were
diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder as a teenager, and
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in 2014, at age 31.
Before Project Hail Mary, they lived in Long Beach,
California
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