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February 26, 2016, 11:02 AM ET
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LinkedIn is heading for Hollywood.

The social media platform for the career-oriented is launching its first-ever television commercial to air during Sunday’s Academy Awards, according to Re/code. The ad comes with the title, “You’re closer than you think.”

The 30-second spot features an astronaut in space and suggests viewers can one day join the profession. It harkens back to a tweet the company sent out last year that suggested there are about 3 million LinkedIn (LNKD) profiles that showed a proficiency to become an astronaut, as Re/code reported.

Here’s the tweet:

Want to see the world? @NASA is hiring an astronaut & ~3M U.S. LinkedIn members qualify: https://t.co/m4ha87Esdbpic.twitter.com/tDX0lKHEyU

— LinkedIn (@LinkedIn) December 14, 2015

“The astronaut is a universal symbol for the dream job,” LinkedIn’s marketing vice president Nick Bartle said in an interview with Re/code. “We want to show people the tools we’ve got that will enable them to take a step closer to their own personal moonshot.”

The publication reported that LinkedIn received the images and footage from NASA, and the voiceover is LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner. “It was quite possibly the lowest production [cost] I’ve ever done,” Bartle explained.

Here’s the ad:

Fortune has reached out to LinkedIn for comment.

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Prior to rejoining Fortune, he was a managing editor at Business Insider and has worked as an editor for Bloomberg, LinkedIn and CNBC, covering leadership stories, sports business, careers and business news. He started his career as a breaking news reporter at Fortune in 2014.

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