| Acronym | Meaning |
 | RIL | Repairable Item List |
 | RIL | Reparableltemlist |
 | RIPS | Radar Impact Prediction System |
 | RIR | Reportable Item Report |
 | RIS | Reporting Identification Symbols |
 | RISKAC | Risk Acceptance |
 | RIT | Request For Interface Tool |
 | RIU | Remote Interface Unit |
 | RIV | Recirculation Isolation Valve |
 | RJ/EC | Reaction Jet/Engine Control |
 | RJC | Reaction Jet Control |
 | RJD | Reaction Jet Device |
 | RJD | Reaction Jet Driver |
 | RJD | Reaction Jet Driver |
 | RJDA | Reaction Jet Driver Aft |
 | RJDF | Reaction Jet Driver Forward |
 | RJEC | Reaction Jet Engine Control |
 | RJOD | Reaction Jet OMS Driver |
 | RK | Recharge |
 | RL | Return Link |
 | RLA | Repair Level Analysis |
 | RLA | Repair Line Agreement |
 | RLC | Remote Load Controller |
 | RLF | Relief |
 | RLG | Ring Laser Gyro |
 | RLT | Return Line Tether |
 | RLY | Relay |
 | RM | Redundancy Management |
 | RM | Redundancy Management |
 | RM | Reference Mission |
 | RM | RemoteManipulator |
 | RM | Rendezvous Maneuver |
 | RM | Rescue Module |
 | RM | Right Mid |
 | RM/MS&C | Redundancy Management/Moding |
 | RM/MS&C | Control |
 | RMA | Renote Manipulator Arm |
 | RMC | Redundancy Management Control |
 | RMF | RCS Module Forward |
 | RMG | Right Main Gear |
 | RMI | Radio Magnetic Indicator |
 | RMRS | Repeatable Maintenance And Recall System |
 | RMS | Radian Means Per Second |
 | RMS | Random Motion Simulator |
 | RMS | Redundancy Management System |
 | RMS | Remote Manipulator System |
 | RMS | Remote ManiPulator System (SubsYstem) |
 | RMS | Root Mean Square |
 | RMS | Root-Mean-Square |
 | RMSVP | Remote ManiPulator SubsYstem Verification Plan |