Post-landing
The spacecraft and Enos were both found to have survived the mission in good condition.
On November 4, 1962, Enos died of dysentery caused by shigellosis, which was resistant to antibiotics of the time. He had been under constant observation for two months before his death. Pathologists at Holloman reported that they found no symptom that could be attributed or related to his space flight a year before.
The Mercury spacecraft had now been qualified to carry a human into orbit.
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