Josh Singer is a producer and writer, known for Spotlight (2015), The Post (2017) and The West Wing (1999). He wrote the screenplay for First Man (2018).

James R. Hansen is a professor of history at Auburn University in Alabama. His book, First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, is the only authorized biography of Neil Armstrong. First Man received the American Astronautical Society's Prize for Astronautical Literature.