Complex sentence: A hurricane headed for the launch area delays a rescue, but the eye passes over the cape and the craft, with Dougherty aboard, is launched through the eye, about the time that one astronaut rips his suit while trying to conduct engine repairs.
Split into simpler sentences: A hurricane headed for the launch area delays a rescue, but the eye passes over the cape. With Dougherty aboard, the craft is launched through the eye, about the time that one astronaut rips his suit while trying to conduct engine repairs.