Using a pulsed, time resolved IR–UV double resonance technique, we have measured initial and final state specific rates for collision-induced rotational and spin-orbit transitions in NO in its (X 2Π, v = 2) vibronic state. A systematic study of the rates was done for initial and final rotational states with J between 1/2 and 35/2, for both Ω = 1/2 and the Ω = 3/2 spin-orbit components of the X 2Π state. Collision partners were room temperature NO, He, Ar, N2, CO, and SF6. No propensity rules favoring ΔΩ = 0 or ΔJ = 0,±1 were observed, except in NO–He collisions, where ΔΩ = 0 was favored. The state-to-state rates do not vary much with initial state and fall off slowly with increasing ΔJ. Total cross sections for collision-induced rotational transitions were found to be tens of Å2, insensitive to initial state, and correlated with the size of the collision partner.