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No, but it has an atmosphere that is made up of other gases that will act in a similar way and I think with only one-third of the gravitational pull.don't know why they didn't use parachutes
Parachutes don't work without air ... Mars has very little air compared to Earth.
You're wrong. The atmospheric density at the surface of Mars is less than 1% that of Earth compared to . A parachute, which acts on air resistance, would be useless in an atmosphere that thin.
If Mars had a thicker atmosphere, the lighter gravity would make parachutes MORE efficient in that a much smaller parachute would provide equivalent braking force.